Yarragon South · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yarragon South

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

Every single home in Yarragon South has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for daily life. While 39.2% of residents work from home, the area remains deeply isolated from the city and public transport networks.

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📍 Yarragon South, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped, as 54.4% have two vehicles and 20.3% have three.

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.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yarragon South, 2 vehicles is the majority at 55%; 3 vehicles is next at 21%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, at 39.2%. For those who do travel, 44.1% drive alone, while 4.9% use public transport, which is a little above the national figure.

39.2% ▲ +356.3%

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 8.6%
  • 2016: 11.8%
  • 2021: 39.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

4.9% ▲ —

Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 4.9%

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 Yarragon South, the largest group is Car (driver) at 48%, followed by Worked at home (43%) and Train (5%).

Public transport access

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

Access to public transport is non-existent, with zero routes or stops in the area. This leaves the district far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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 around is a challenge, with a typical 86-minute drive to the city. The walk to the nearest transport stop is among the longest for similar areas, taking roughly 82 minutes.

82

Higher than 98% 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.

86

Higher than 60% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22914/yarragon-south/topic/transport