0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yarroweyah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yarroweyah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Yarroweyah owns a motor vehicle, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. This car-dependent lifestyle is a core feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents use a vehicle to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Yarroweyah is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly half of all households have two cars, and another 20.8% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yarroweyah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 4 or more (20%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 63.1% of residents, while 18.1% work from home. This working-from-home rate is a little below the Australian figure of 21%.
18.1% ▲ +41.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services are the only form of public transport available, with two routes and two stops. While this is more than about 79% of similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.63
Higher than 72% 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).
112.5
Higher than 70% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes much longer than in most areas, with a typical walk of 48 minutes.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
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 Yarroweyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22921/yarroweyah/topic/transport