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.
Whanregarwen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Whanregarwen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Whanregarwen owns a car, making it an area where private vehicles are essential. This reliance on cars is reflected in the total lack of public transport options and the very long drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most households have two or three vehicles, with 43.1% owning two and 25.5% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Whanregarwen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 57.1% of workers as the driver. While 20.6% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, no one uses public transport to commute.
20.6% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts the number of services far below the Victorian average and means there are zero weekly departures 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 to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 186 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas at this level.
186
Higher than 97% 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 Whanregarwen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22763/whanregarwen/topic/transport