0.9% ▲ +105.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wonga Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wonga Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.9% of households lack a car in Wonga Park, making private vehicles essential for daily life here. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people use them to commute, with nearly 30% of the workforce choosing to work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 86.2% of homes owning three or more vehicles. This explains why the proportion of homes without a car is well below both the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wonga Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common, with 29.5% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. Very few residents use public transport for work, at just 0.5%.
29.5% ▲ +298.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -78.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 has a high number of bus routes and stops, far above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.55
Higher than 86% 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).
888.4
Higher than 86% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
18,059
Higher than 72% 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).
42,310
Higher than 61% 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 to the city takes about 33 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. Residents are also very close to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
33
Lower than 71% 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 Wonga Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22825/wonga-park/topic/transport