Yelta · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Yelta

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

Almost every household in Yelta owns a car, reflecting a total reliance on private vehicles for daily life. This is a car-dependent area where the typical home has two or more vehicles to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Not a single home here lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.6% of Victorian households without one. Most residents have multiple cars, with 44.3% of homes owning two and 17% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yelta, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.6% of people as the main driver. Very few people work from home at 12.4%, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.

12.4% ▼ -13.1%

Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 14.3%
  • 2016: 15.0%
  • 2021: 12.4%

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: 2.3%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Yelta, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is non-existent in Yelta, with zero stops or routes available. This means there are far fewer departures per 1,000 people than across Victoria.

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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 to a transport stop is difficult here, with a typical walk of 39 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.

39

Higher than 73% 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 Yelta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22926/yelta/topic/transport