1.6% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wallan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wallan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Wallan than across the state, with only 1.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This high level of car ownership defines how the area moves, as the vast majority of residents rely on driving for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 45% of households have two vehicles, and another 18% have three. Very few homes have no car at all, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wallan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 64% of the workforce as drivers. About 15.5% work from home, which is far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.
15.5% ▲ +347.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -69.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Wallan has 36 public transport stops and 9 routes, which is among the largest for its level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
36
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.40
Higher than 67% 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).
253.7
Higher than 74% 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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 42 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. It takes about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
42
Lower than 66% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Wallan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22661/wallan/topic/transport