8.6% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher proportion of people work from home in Williamstown than the national figure, with 40.8% of the workforce doing so. This makes it one of the most flexible work-from-home areas at this level. While most households own at least one car, the area provides very high levels of public transport access.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Typical homes here have one or two cars, with 43% owning one and 36.9% owning two. About 8.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas, though this figure fell 2.4 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Williamstown (Western Metropolitan), the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and No vehicle (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply by 37 points since 2011 to reach 40.8%, a figure far above the national average. By contrast, those commuting by public transport fell to 3.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
40.8% ▲ +1018.8%
Higher than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 40.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -70.7%
Higher than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 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.
Public transport is highly accessible here, with 1,756 weekly departures per 1,000 people, well above the Victorian figure. The area has 400 stops, and the number of stops per person is higher than most similar areas.
400
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.38
Higher than 66% 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).
1,756.0
Higher than 78% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Williamstown (Western Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED28607/williamstown/topic/transport