7.2% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Woomelang · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Woomelang
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport to get to work in Woomelang than in the rest of the country. While the town has a few bus stops, almost everyone relies on their own car or works from home to get through the day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 33.7% owning two vehicles. About 7.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Woomelang splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Woomelang uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 59.3% drive and 18.5% work from home, though this last group is well below the state average.
18.5% ▲ +251.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 18.5%
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.
There are 10.47 transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the service is limited, with only one bus route and weekly departures that are far below the state figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.47
Higher than 87% 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).
62.8
Higher than 64% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is lower than in most similar areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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).
More for Woomelang
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Woomelang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22852/woomelang/topic/transport