0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wairewa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wairewa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Wairewa is without a motor vehicle, making it far more reliant on cars than the typical Victorian household. This dependence is clear in how people move, with the vast majority driving or working from home. While there are some bus services, they are not a primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 50% of homes owning two vehicles and 25% having four or more. No homes in the area lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wairewa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 25.8% of residents, a rate well above the national figure. The rest of the workforce relies almost entirely on cars, as 0% of people use public transport to get to work.
25.8% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Wairewa has 14.93 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the Victorian figure, with only bus routes available.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.93
Higher than 90% 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).
850.7
Higher than 85% 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.
Getting to a stop is a challenge in this area. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes 84 minutes, which is among the highest times for similar areas.
84
Higher than 99% 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 Wairewa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22647/wairewa/topic/transport