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.
Wellsford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wellsford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Wellsford relies on a private car, making it much more vehicle-dependent than the state average. While few areas have such total reliance on driving, the lack of local transit options means residents face long trips to reach the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Wellsford lacks a motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped, with nearly half owning two cars and another 25% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wellsford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the only way residents get to work, as 0% use public transport. This heavy reliance on driving is consistent with the fact that only 10.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.7% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is completely absent here, with zero stops and zero routes. This puts Wellsford far below the Victorian average for transport access, where there are typically 4.41 stops per 1,000 people.
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 a challenge for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 79 minutes. This is among the highest times for this kind of area, and the drive to the city takes 131 minutes.
79
Higher than 96% 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.
131
Higher than 86% 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 Wellsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22741/wellsford/topic/transport