3.0% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wimbledon Heights · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people used public transport to get to work in Wimbledon Heights during the 2021 census. The area relies heavily on private cars, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle. While more people are working from home than in the past, the vast majority of the local workforce still drives to their jobs.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home has a car, with 41.8% owning one vehicle and 35.2% owning two. Only 3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
3.0% ▲ +6.1%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Wimbledon Heights, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.2% of workers as the driver. Working from home rose to 10.8% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%.
10.8% ▲ +641.9%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Wimbledon Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222102/wimbledon-heights/topic/transport