Wallaga Lake · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Wallaga Lake

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

Almost every household in Wallaga Lake relies on a car to get around, with only 2.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is matched by a lack of public transport options for those heading to work.

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📍 Wallaga Lake, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Nearly half of homes have one car and 41.9% have two, meaning very few people get by without a vehicle. The share of car-less homes has fallen from 5.7% to 2.7% since 2011, a figure well below the national average.

2.7% ▼ -53.6%

Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wallaga Lake, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (41%) and 3 vehicles (7%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. While 17.3% now work from home—a rise of 15 points since 2011—the most common trip is still as a car driver at 57.7%.

17.3% ▲ +632.4%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 17.3%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Wallaga Lake, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

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 Wallaga Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121115/wallaga-lake/topic/transport