Warrenheip · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Warrenheip

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

Car ownership has remained essential for everyone in Warrenheip, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is clear in how people get to work and the long distances they must travel to reach the city.

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📍 Warrenheip, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here owns a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages. Most households have at least two cars, with 34.9% owning two and 21.1% having four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Warrenheip, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.5% of workers being the driver. Those working from home make up 15.1% of the workforce, which is far below the state figure of 25.7%.

15.1% ▲ +113.6%

Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.1%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 15.1%

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: 2.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Warrenheip, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is limited to a single bus route with two stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the 16.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.

2.77

Higher than 68% 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).

16.6

Higher than 59% 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.

Reaching the city takes about 78 minutes by car. Getting to the nearest public transport stop is a challenge for many, as the typical walk takes 22 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.

22

Higher than 60% 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.

78

Higher than 55% 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 Warrenheip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22707/warrenheip/topic/transport