9.5% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarraville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yarraville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 43.6% of working residents in Yarraville work from home, which is far above the national figure. This reliance on home-based work is paired with very high public transport access and a short 10-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. The most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 45.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarraville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in Victoria, where the rate is 25.7%. Those who do travel for work use public transport at a rate slightly above the national figure.
43.6% ▲ +1092.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -70.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 19.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
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.
Public transport is highly accessible with 5.76 stops per 1,000 people, well above the Victorian average. With 11 routes and 90 stops, this area allows more people to be reached within 30 minutes by transit than about 90% of similar areas.
90
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.76
Higher than 81% 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).
1,507.3
Higher than 89% 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).
11
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
43,463
Higher than 86% 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).
97,686
Higher than 78% 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).
53
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is easy, with a walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the lowest at just 10 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
10
Lower than 95% 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 Yarraville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22917/yarraville/topic/transport