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.
Yarra Junction - Wesburn · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Yarra Junction - Wesburn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Higher than 70% 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 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