6.8% ▲ +87.9%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wheelers Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wheelers Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Wheelers Hill than the national figure, with 31.9% of the workforce doing so. This creates a distinct travel pattern where many residents avoid a daily commute entirely, despite the area having a very high number of public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 44% owning two vehicles. However, 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wheelers Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, sitting well above the Victorian figure at 31.9%. Only 1.5% of the workforce use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national average.
31.9% ▲ +566.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -58.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 is well served with 105 stops and 30 routes, giving it more stops per person than most other areas. While the network is large, it is bus-only, and the trip to the city takes much longer than in most other areas.
105
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.08
Higher than 78% 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).
1,211.8
Higher than 87% 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).
30
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
37,253
Higher than 86% 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).
172,449
Higher than 86% 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).
76
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute. Despite this, the drive time to the city is much lower than in most other areas at 21 minutes.
1
Lower 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wheelers Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22766/wheelers-hill/topic/transport