2.8% ▼ -53.4%
Lower than 97% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Holt · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Holt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.8% of households in Holt have no motor vehicle, making it one of the areas with the lowest rate of car-free homes in the region. This heavy reliance on cars is a central part of daily life here, as public transport options are limited and the drive to the city is relatively long.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all homes have two vehicles, and 24.2% have three or more. The proportion of households without a car has fallen since 2011 to 2.8%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Holt, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive to work, with 63% as the driver. While those working from home rose to 15.3% since 2016, this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
15.3% —
Lower than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% —
Lower than 57% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport access is much lower than most areas, with only 3.22 stops per 1,000 people. Weekly departures are also well below the state average, and the network is almost entirely buses.
603
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.22
Lower than 84% 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).
802.9
Lower than 62% 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).
29
Lower than 87% 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.
Getting around is often a slow process, as the typical 43-minute drive to the city is higher than in most areas. Walking to the nearest transport stop also takes longer here than in most other places.
10
Higher than 59% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
43
Higher than 66% 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 Holt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED221/holt/topic/transport