0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wooreen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wooreen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Wooreen has at least one motor vehicle, making private cars essential for daily life. Residents rely almost entirely on their own transport to get around, with no public transport services operating in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 82.8% of homes owning either two or three vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that no homes are without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wooreen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work or work from home, with 18.4% doing the latter. This is a little below the national figure of 21.0%, while 0.0% of the workforce uses public transport to commute.
18.4% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 18.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Wooreen far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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.
The area is remote, with a 96-minute drive to the city. Residents face a 90-minute walk to the nearest transport stop, which is among the highest times for areas of this level.
90
Higher 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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).
More for Wooreen
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wooreen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22856/wooreen/topic/transport