Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads

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.

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📍 Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads, Urban Centre

Vehicles

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.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 2.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

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.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 25.7%

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

0.5% ▼ -28.7%

Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads, Car (driver) is the majority at 63%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

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 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