0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wattle Bank · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wattle Bank
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the striking reality for Wattle Bank, where vehicle ownership is far higher than the state or national average. Most households rely heavily on multiple cars to get around this rural area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Wattle Bank has at least one motor vehicle. About 40.5% of households have two cars, while 20.3% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wattle Bank, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 57.1% of workers drive themselves to work, 4.8% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure. Only 11.9% work from home, a rate far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
11.9% ▼ -27.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.8% ▲ —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
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.
Public transport is very limited here, with no stops or routes available. This puts the area far below the Victorian average for transport access.
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.
Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 89 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level of area.
89
Higher than 99% 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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 Wattle Bank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22724/wattle-bank/topic/transport