2.7% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarragon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yarragon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Yarragon relies on a car for daily travel, with only 2.7% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the commute, where over 63% of workers drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 41% owning two vehicles and another 25% owning three or more. The proportion of households without a vehicle is well below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarragon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 16.6% of residents, though this is well below the national figure. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.6%, which is a little below the Victorian average.
16.6% ▲ +67.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -41.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 4 public transport stops and routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.11
Higher than 66% 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).
221.9
Higher than 73% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 a typical resident 37 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most similar areas. The drive time to the city is around 77 minutes.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
77
Higher than 55% 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 Yarragon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22913/yarragon/topic/transport