3.0% ▼ -27.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wantirna · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wantirna
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get around Wantirna, where very few homes go without a vehicle. While the area has plenty of bus stops and routes, only 1.8% of workers use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 48.4% owning two vehicles. Only 3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wantirna, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here; 27.9% of people work from home, which is well above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Over half of the workforce (51.8%) still relies on driving as the driver to get to work.
27.9% ▲ +783.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -50.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Buses make up 100% of the public transport here, with 46 stops and 22 routes. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state figure.
46
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.
3.23
Higher than 70% 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).
1,242.5
Higher than 88% 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).
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,341
Higher than 66% 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).
44,049
Higher than 62% 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.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a typical drive time of 27 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Most residents also live within a short 5-minute walk of their nearest transport stop.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
27
Lower than 77% 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 Wantirna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22685/wantirna/topic/transport