Modewarre · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Modewarre

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Over 60% of working residents in Modewarre drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is a place where almost every household owns a vehicle, and many have several, making private transport essential for daily life.

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📍 Modewarre, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is exceptionally high here, with not a single home lacking a motor vehicle. More than 60% of households own three or more vehicles, which is well below the national and state figures for those without a car.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Modewarre, the largest group is 3 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (30%) and 2 vehicles (26%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 21.4% of the workforce, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, public transport use for commuting is non-existent at 0.0%, falling well below the national figure.

21.4% ▲ +124.1%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 13.4%
  • 2021: 21.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Modewarre, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is unavailable in Modewarre, with zero stops and routes serving the area. This lack of access is far below the Victorian average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical drive time to the city is 72 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.

72

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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 Modewarre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21715/modewarre/topic/transport