0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woolamai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woolamai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every single home in Woolamai has a motor vehicle, making it one of the most car-reliant areas in the region. This heavy dependence on driving is mirrored in the workplace, where over a third of residents work from home to avoid long trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No homes in the area lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households own at least two cars, with 41.7% having exactly two and 11.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Woolamai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 34.7% of the workforce doing so. For those who do travel, 51.5% drive themselves to work, while no one uses public transport to commute.
34.7% ▲ +75.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in Woolamai, with zero routes, stops, or departures. This leaves the area far below the Victorian average for transit access.
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 around is a challenge for those without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 82 minutes. This is among the highest walk times for this type of area, while the drive to the city takes 86 minutes.
82
Higher than 98% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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 Woolamai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22848/woolamai/topic/transport