Wonga Park · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Wonga Park

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

Far more people work from home in Wonga Park than in most similar areas. This is a place where private cars are essential, with almost every household owning at least one and a huge number having three or more.

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📍 Wonga Park, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes here go without a car, at just 0.6%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are heavily equipped for travel, with 40.1% owning two vehicles and 26.6% owning four or more.

0.6% ▼ -81.7%

Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.5%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 0.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wonga Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 30.9% of residents, a figure well above the Victorian average of 25.7%. This has risen sharply since 2011, while public transport use remains low at 0.6%, which is a little below the national figure.

30.9% ▲ +750.3%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 30.9%

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

0.6% ▼ -60.9%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.5%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 0.6%

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 Wonga Park, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 36%.

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 Wonga Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215091/wonga-park/topic/transport