Wensleydale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Wensleydale

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

Almost every single household in Wensleydale relies on a car to get around. With no public transport options and a 95-minute drive to the city, the area is almost entirely dependent on private vehicles for daily travel.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as not a single home lacks a motor vehicle. Over half of households have two cars, and another 27.3% own four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Wensleydale, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 4 or more is next at 26%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers rely on their own cars, with 61.2% driving to work. Around 18.4% work from home, which is a little below the national figure of 21.0%.

18.4%

Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 18.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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 Wensleydale, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is completely absent in the area, with zero routes, stops, or departures. This puts the local access far below the Victorian average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a significant trip, with a typical drive time of 95 minutes.

95

Higher than 66% 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 Wensleydale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22746/wensleydale/topic/transport