2.2% ▼ -75.8%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a quarter of working residents in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads now work from home, a massive jump from just 2.5% in 2011. This shift to remote work is paired with a very high reliance on cars, with almost every household owning at least one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This ownership is high across the board, with nearly half of all households keeping two cars.
2.2% ▼ -75.8%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 25.7%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. In contrast, public transport use is very low at 0.5%, though this is slightly higher than in most similar areas.
25.7% ▲ +919.7%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212004/ocean-grove-barwon-heads/topic/transport