0.8% ▼ -81.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wesburn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wesburn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Wesburn, where only 0.8% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies heavily on private transport to navigate its rural landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 34.6% owning two and 23.8% owning three. Very few people get by without a car, which is a much lower rate than both Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wesburn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.6% of residents. While 15.6% work from home, this is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
15.6% ▲ +152.0%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
The area has 10 public transport stops and a bus route, which is far above the state average for stops per 1,000 people. However, these services are not very effective for travel, as zero people can reach others within 45 minutes using transit.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.51
Higher than 87% 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).
1,264.3
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).
1
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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 around is a slow process, with a typical 84-minute drive to the city. Residents also face a longer-than-usual walk to the nearest stop, which takes about 21 minutes.
21
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.
84
Higher than 59% 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).
More for Wesburn
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wesburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22753/wesburn/topic/transport