3.8% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hawke · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Hawke
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people rely on cars in Hawke than in most similar areas, with only 3.8% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is mirrored in the commute, where 58.7% of workers drive themselves to work. Public transport use is very low, reflecting the area's remote nature and limited service options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Hawke owns a car, a figure well below the state and national rates for vehicle-less households. Most homes have two vehicles (40.8%) or one (31.0%), and nearly a quarter of households own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hawke, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose sharply to 18.6% since 2016, though this remains well below the Victorian figure. Public transport use for work is rare at 1.9%, which is a little below the national average and a drop from 5.1% in 2016.
18.6% —
Higher than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% —
Lower than 58% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services make up 97% of the local network, but the number of stops is smaller than in about 65% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure.
685
Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.14
Lower than 66% 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).
851.1
Lower than 60% 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).
40
Lower than 73% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is 42 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
42
Higher than 65% 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 Hawke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED219/hawke/topic/transport