0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Milawa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Milawa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 43% of homes in Milawa have two motor vehicles, making the car the primary way people get around. This is a highly car-dependent area where every single household owns at least one vehicle. Most residents rely on private transport for their daily needs and travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Milawa is without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the state and national averages. Many households have multiple cars, with 20.4% owning three and 12.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Milawa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive, with 62.4% as the main driver and 15.4% working from home. This rate of working from home is far below the Victorian figure. No one here commutes using public transport.
15.4% ▲ +23.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is higher than in most similar areas, the weekly number of departures is far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.40
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
13.6
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical resident spends about 5 minutes walking to the nearest public transport stop, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Milawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21681/milawa/topic/transport