0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wye River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Wye River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 258-minute drive to the city makes Wye River one of the most remote areas at this level. This isolation is reflected in a total reliance on cars, as every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Wye River is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have one or two cars, with 61.5% owning one and 46.2% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wye River, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 50%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is unconventional here, with 38.1% of people walking and 9.5% cycling. Only 11.9% of residents work from home, a figure far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
11.9% ▼ -46.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 access is among the highest for similar areas, with 29.85 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the state average, though the two available routes are entirely served by buses.
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.
29.85
Higher than 97% 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).
1,253.7
Higher than 88% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 defined by the area's distance from the urban centre, as the drive time to the city is among the highest for this level.
258
Higher than 99% 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 Wye River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22881/wye-river/topic/transport