Traralgon - Morwell · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Traralgon - Morwell

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A massive 66.5% of people in Traralgon - Morwell drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the number of households without a car has risen to 7.3% since 2011.

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📍 Traralgon - Morwell, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have one or two vehicles, though 7.3% have none. This lack of a car is about the same as the national figure, but it represents a 4.6 percentage point increase over the last ten years.

7.3% ▲ +167.3%

Higher than 76% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 7.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Traralgon - Morwell splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for work is very low at 0.8%, which is a little below the national figure. Meanwhile, 10.8% of people now work from home, an increase of 4.2 percentage points since 2011, though this remains far below the Victorian average.

10.8% ▲ +63.1%

Higher than 69% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 10.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.8% ▼ -53.8%

Higher than 57% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Traralgon - Morwell, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Traralgon - Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2018/traralgon-morwell/topic/transport