0.8% ▼ -56.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Porepunkah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Porepunkah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes go without a car in Porepunkah than in the rest of Victoria, with only 0.8% of households lacking a vehicle. This high level of car ownership reflects a community where private transport is essential for daily life. Most households own multiple vehicles to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 44.3% of homes owning two vehicles and another 31% having three or more. This explains why the number of homes without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Porepunkah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.9% of residents. About 14% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
14.0% ▲ +80.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 two bus routes and two stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly 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.
1.95
Higher than 65% 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).
37.1
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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically 54 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
54
Higher than 82% 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 Porepunkah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22102/porepunkah/topic/transport