Yarra Junction - Wesburn · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Yarra Junction - Wesburn

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

More people work from home here than in most similar areas, making Yarra Junction - Wesburn a place where remote work is quite common. Most residents rely heavily on their own cars for travel, with very few using public transport to get to work.

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📍 Yarra Junction - Wesburn, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national level. Most households are well-equipped, with 37.5% owning two vehicles and another 27.6% owning three or more.

4.2%

Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 5.1%
  • 2021: 4.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has become much more popular, rising 10 points since 2016 to reach 15.6%. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though 60.6% of workers still drive themselves to work.

15.6%

Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 15.6%

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

0.6%

Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Yarra Junction - Wesburn, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

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 Yarra Junction - Wesburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215097/yarra-junction-wesburn/topic/transport