Yanakie · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yanakie

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total lack of public transport means Yanakie relies almost entirely on private cars for daily travel. Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures.

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📍 Yanakie, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households here own multiple cars, with 38.5% having two and 12.5% owning four or more.

3.8% ▲ +83.3%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yanakie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 26.2% of residents, which is well above the national figure. No one here uses public transport to get to work, as 44% drive and 8.5% walk.

26.2% ▲ +18.1%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.2%
  • 2016: 23.1%
  • 2021: 26.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Yanakie, Car (driver) is the majority at 54%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in Yanakie, with zero stops or routes and no weekly departures. This is far below the Victorian average.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a major trip, with a typical drive time of 122 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.

122

Higher than 82% 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 Yanakie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22900/yanakie/topic/transport