6.1% —
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Morwell (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Morwell (Eastern Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Morwell, where very few people use public transport for their commute. While the area has a high number of transit stops, the actual frequency of services is far below the Victorian average. Most homes here have at least one car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.8% having two and 13.7% having three. Only 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Morwell (Eastern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as only 0.6% of people use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. The number of people working from home rose 8.5 percentage points since 2016 to reach 11.3%, though this remains far below the Victorian figure.
11.3% —
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Morwell has 5.58 stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the state average, and 62 different routes. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure, with buses making up 98.6% of the available services.
381
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.58
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
764.0
Lower than 60% of state electorate 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).
62
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Morwell (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED25402/morwell/topic/transport