5.6% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarra Junction · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yarra Junction
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fifteen public transport stops serve the small population of Yarra Junction, which is a much higher number than most similar areas. While the area has good infrastructure and many homes own multiple cars, very few people actually use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 34.8% owning two and 15.9% owning three. However, 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yarra Junction splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.1% of residents. Only 0.2% use public transport for their commute, and the 16.4% who work from home is well below the national figure.
16.4% ▲ +303.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
The area has one bus route and a high number of stops per person, but weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure. This means that despite the stops, zero people can reach others via transit within 45 minutes.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.22
Higher than 78% 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).
693.9
Higher than 82% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes typically 58 minutes to drive to the city. A walk to the nearest public transport stop usually takes around 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
58
Lower than 57% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Yarra Junction [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22911/yarra-junction/topic/transport