5.4% —
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Werribee (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Werribee (Western Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Werribee (Western Metropolitan) drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own at least one vehicle, there has been a massive shift in how people work, with the number of people working from home jumping by 20 percentage points since 2016.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, while 5.4% have no motor vehicle at all. This figure is a little below the Victorian and national averages and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Werribee (Western Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most areas, with 22.7% of people doing so. Meanwhile, the 3.5% of people using public transport to get to work is about the same as the state and national figures, though it fell 4.9 points since 2016.
22.7% —
Higher than 74% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% —
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
Werribee (Western Metropolitan) has 395 public transport stops, which is more than about 80% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is a little below the Victorian figure.
395
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.
4.35
Lower than 55% 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).
1,159.4
Higher than 57% 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).
22
Lower than 62% 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 Werribee (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28507/werribee/topic/transport