2.0% ▼ -40.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yinnar · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yinnar
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 43% of homes in Yinnar have two motor vehicles, making cars the primary way people get around. Very few residents rely on public transport or work from home, with only 9.7% of the workforce working remotely.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 2.0% of homes having no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own at least two cars, and 16.3% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yinnar, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for workers, as 0.0% of people use public transport to get to work. This is well below the national figure of 3.1%, and the 9.7% who work from home is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
9.7% ▲ +265.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 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.
While Yinnar has 4.90 stops per 1,000 people—a little above the state figure—the service is limited. Weekly departures are far below the Victorian average, and all available public transport is via bus.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.90
Higher than 77% 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).
235.1
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 city is a significant trip, with a drive time of 110 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas. Walking to the nearest stop also takes longer than usual, typically 32 minutes.
32
Higher than 68% 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.
110
Higher than 75% 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 Yinnar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22934/yinnar/topic/transport