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.
Stawell · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Stawell, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -45.5%
Higher than 58% 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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214020/stawell/topic/transport