0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Walwa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Walwa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Walwa owns a car, putting it in the middle of similar areas for vehicle ownership. While the area has more public transport stops than most similar places, it is heavily reliant on private cars and working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Walwa is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, and about 11% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Walwa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.6% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. Others mainly drive, while 22% of workers walk to their jobs.
25.6% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 25.6%
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: 2.6%
- 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.
Walwa has one bus route and one stop, meaning it has more stops per person than the state average. However, weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure.
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.
5.24
Higher than 78% 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).
52.4
Higher than 63% 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.
Reaching a transport stop is a long trip for locals, with a typical walk taking 49 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
49
Higher than 79% 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 Walwa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22668/walwa/topic/transport