6.7% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wendouree (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 60% of workers in Wendouree drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit for their daily commute.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, with 39.8% having just one and 37.2% having two. About 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most areas and has fallen slightly since 2016.
6.7% —
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wendouree (Western Victoria) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
How people travel to work.
Only 0.9% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2016. Working from home rose 12 points to 15.3%, though this remains well below the national figure.
15.3% —
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Wendouree has 6.27 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average. With 394 stops and 32 routes, the area is better served by transit than about 80% of similar places.
394
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.27
Higher than 83% 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).
1,306.9
Higher than 62% 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).
32
Higher than 63% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wendouree (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28408/wendouree/topic/transport