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.
Walmer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Walmer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A total absence of car-less homes defines the transport landscape in Walmer, where every single household owns at least one vehicle. This reliance on private cars is stark compared to the Victorian average, reflecting a place where driving is the only practical way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home here has a motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures for households without a car. Most families have multiple vehicles, with 26.4% of homes owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Walmer, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62% of people as the driver. No one here commutes using public transport, and 17.8% of people work from home, which is well below the national figure.
17.8% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the Victorian average for both stop frequency and weekly departures.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Residents face a significant commute to the city, with the typical drive taking 82 minutes.
82
Higher than 58% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Walmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22665/walmer/topic/transport