Wangaratta South · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wangaratta South

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

Every single home in Wangaratta South has at least one motor vehicle, making car travel the essential way to get around. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the commute, where no one uses public transport to get to work.

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📍 Wangaratta South, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 43.5% having two and 22.8% owning four or more. This is much higher than the Victorian and national figures, where about 7% of homes have no vehicle at all.

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 Wangaratta South, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.3% of workers being the driver. Only 10.6% of people work from home, which is far below the typical figures for Victoria and Australia.

10.6% ▲ +44.5%

Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.3%
  • 2016: 8.9%
  • 2021: 10.6%

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: 2.9%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 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 Wangaratta South, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This lack of service is 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.

Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 56 minutes, which is much higher than most other areas.

56

Higher than 83% 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 Wangaratta South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22681/wangaratta-south/topic/transport