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.
Wallace · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wallace
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Wallace has at least one motor vehicle, a rate well below the national figure. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in how people get to work and the lack of daily public transport use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 84.3% of homes owning two or more vehicles. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wallace, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 30%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 64.2% as the driver and 7.5% as a passenger. While 17% work from home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%, and no one commutes by public transport.
17.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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 8.81 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 26.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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.
8.81
Higher than 87% 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).
26.4
Higher than 60% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes 62 minutes by car. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
62
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Wallace
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wallace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22656/wallace/topic/transport