Corangamite · Federal Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Corangamite

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

Just 2.4% of homes in Corangamite have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This high reliance on cars is clear across the region, where most households own multiple vehicles and very few people use public transport for their daily commute.

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📍 Corangamite, Federal Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as 44.8% of homes have two vehicles and 21.8% have three or more. This explains why the proportion of homes without a car is among the lowest for similar areas, falling from 4.7% in 2011 to 2.4% in 2021.

2.4% ▼ -48.9%

Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2011: 4.7%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Corangamite, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has jumped to 20.9% since 2016, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.9% doing so, a figure that is much lower than most areas.

20.9%

Higher than 64% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 20.9%

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

0.9%

Lower than 80% of federal electorate areas.

  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Corangamite, Car (driver) is the majority at 68%; Worked at home is next at 25%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 726 public transport stops, mostly buses, but service levels are far below the Victorian average. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much lower than most areas, sitting at 689.2 compared to the state's 1,267.9.

726

Lower than 61% of federal electorate areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

4.75

Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

689.2

Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.

Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city takes a long time for residents here, with a typical drive time of 65 minutes. This is much higher than most areas.

65

Higher than 80% of federal electorate areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
  • Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
  • Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Corangamite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED209/corangamite/topic/transport