3.4% ▼ -42.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paynesville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paynesville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Paynesville relies on a car for daily life, with only 3.4% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, making private transport essential for getting around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with about 40% falling into each category. Roughly 16% of households own three or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Paynesville splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (40%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Most people drive to work, while 13.7% work from home, though this is far below the Victorian average.
13.7% ▲ +196.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
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: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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.
Local transit consists entirely of buses, with three stops and two routes serving the area. While this is more than most similar areas, weekly departures are far below the Victorian average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.83
Higher than 61% 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).
31.4
Higher than 61% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
For those using public transport, it takes typically 7 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for its level.
7
Lower than 61% 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 Paynesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22049/paynesville/topic/transport