3.4% ▼ -46.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wahgunyah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wahgunyah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 71.5% of workers in Wahgunyah drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one car, very few people work from home or use public transport. This makes the area highly dependent on private vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 39.4% having two vehicles. Only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wahgunyah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 7% compared to the 21% national figure. No one uses public transport to get to work, which is a little below the state average.
7.0% ▲ +82.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
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: 0.6%
- 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.
The area has 4 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average, and all services are buses.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.77
Higher than 72% 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).
51.8
Higher than 63% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop is a challenge, with a typical walk of 57 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
57
Higher than 83% 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).
More for Wahgunyah
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wahgunyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22644/wahgunyah/topic/transport