Waldara · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Waldara

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

Every single home in Waldara has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This total reliance on private transport is reflected in the fact that no one uses public transport to get to work.

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📍 Waldara, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 48% having two vehicles and another 36.5% owning three or more. This means the 0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Waldara, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 3 vehicles is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 66% of residents. Only 8.6% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

8.6% ▲ +63.9%

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 8.6%

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: 0.0%
  • 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 Waldara, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

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

There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This puts Waldara far below the Victorian average of 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.

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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.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant journey, with a typical walk taking 29 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas.

29

Higher than 66% 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 Waldara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22650/waldara/topic/transport