4.7% —
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South-West Coast (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in South-West Coast (Western Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of workers drive themselves to work in South-West Coast (Western Victoria), highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. The area has very few households without a vehicle, and most people depend on roads rather than public transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and about 39% have two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South-West Coast (Western Victoria), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.4%. While working from home rose to 11.2% since 2016, this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
11.2% —
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Public transport is almost entirely provided by buses, with only 0.5% coming from trains. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, reflecting lower service levels than most areas.
309
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.69
Higher than 52% 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).
406.5
Lower than 74% 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).
18
Lower than 72% 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 South-West Coast (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27708/south-west-coast/topic/transport