10.8% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wonthaggi · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wonthaggi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Wonthaggi compared to the rest of the state. While 10.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure, the vast majority of residents rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, though 10.8% have no motor vehicle at all. This is among the highest proportion for a place of this type and is well above the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wonthaggi, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, and only 9.9% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive themselves to work, with 62.7% as the driver.
9.9% ▲ +297.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Buses are the only form of public transport here, with 34 stops and 9 routes. While there are more stops per person than in most similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.52
Higher than 84% 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).
271.3
Higher than 74% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes a typical resident 30 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is higher than in most other areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
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 Wonthaggi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22829/wonthaggi/topic/transport