Venus Bay · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Venus Bay

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

Almost half of all working residents in Venus Bay drive themselves to work. This is a car-reliant area where very few people live without a vehicle and a large number of residents now work from home.

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📍 Venus Bay, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here has a car, with only 2.7% of households lacking one. This is well below the Victorian figure and reflects a sharp drop from 12.6% back in 2011.

2.7% ▼ -78.8%

Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 12.6%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 2.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Venus Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (39%) and 3 vehicles (7%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here, with 30.3% of people doing so—well above the national figure. This shift is part of a major trend, as the number of home workers rose 24 points since 2011, while public transport use fell to 0.0%.

30.3% ▲ +395.6%

Higher than 98% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 30.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Venus Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; 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 Venus Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221076/venus-bay/topic/transport