2.7% —
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Barwon (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in South Barwon (Western Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in South Barwon than in the rest of Victoria. This reliance on private vehicles is a defining feature of the area, where nearly half of all households own at least two cars.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped, with 46.8% owning two vehicles and 13.5% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Barwon (Western Victoria), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged here, rising 17 points since 2016 to reach 21.9%. Meanwhile, the 1.0% of people using public transport to get to work is much lower than in most other areas.
21.9% —
Higher than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Lower than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 the area has 386 public transport stops—more than about 79% of similar places—the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure.
386
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.17
Lower than 59% 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).
746.0
Lower than 61% 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).
39
Higher than 75% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South Barwon (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27608/south-barwon/topic/transport