Warburton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Warburton

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

Working from home is far more common in Warburton than in most similar areas. About 23.7% of the local workforce now avoids a daily commute, a figure that has climbed sharply over the last decade. This reflects a shift towards remote work in this hillside community.

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📍 Warburton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, with 34.5% having two and 9.9% owning three. Only 5.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is slightly lower than the figures for Victoria and Australia.

5.0% ▼ -17.0%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Warburton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the main way to get to work for 54.6% of people, while public transport use has dropped steeply to just 0.5%. This is a little below the state and national figures, but the number of people working from home rose by 18 points since 2011.

23.7% ▲ +295.0%

Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 23.7%

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

0.5% ▼ -93.5%

Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.3%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 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 Warburton, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

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 Warburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215088/warburton/topic/transport