Stawell · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Stawell

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

Almost 67% of workers in Stawell drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. While most homes own multiple vehicles, a small number of residents still get by without one.

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📍 Stawell, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have at least one car, with 40.8% owning one and 34.4% owning two. Those without a motor vehicle make up 6.7% of the area, a figure that has fallen 4.3 percentage points since 2011.

6.7% ▼ -39.3%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 6.3%
  • 2021: 6.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stawell, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, while only 0.2% of people use public transport, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home has risen to 6.7% since 2011, though this remains far below the 21% seen across Australia.

6.7% ▲ +158.6%

Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 6.7%

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

0.2% ▼ -45.5%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.3%
  • 2016: 0.1%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Stawell, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214020/stawell/topic/transport