Torquay - Jan Juc · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Torquay - Jan Juc

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

Far more people work from home in Torquay - Jan Juc than in most similar areas, with 29.0% of the workforce doing so. This makes the area stand out for its high rate of remote work and its heavy reliance on private cars for travel.

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📍 Torquay - Jan Juc, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here go without a car, with only 1.7% of households lacking one. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and the number of car-free homes has fallen 6.0 percentage points since 2011.

1.7% ▼ -78.4%

Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2021: 1.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Torquay - Jan Juc, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 30% of workers now operate from home, a figure that is well above the national average of 21.0% and has risen sharply since 2011. Meanwhile, public transport use is very low, with only 0.4% of people using it to get to work.

29.0% ▲ +1061.8%

Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2021: 29.0%

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

0.4% ▼ -50.5%

Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Torquay - Jan Juc, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Worked at home is next at 34%.

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 Torquay - Jan Juc [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212007/torquay-jan-juc/topic/transport