5.9% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ararat · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Ararat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops per person are found in Ararat than in most similar areas. While the region is well-served by 91 stops and 17 routes, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around the district.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Ararat have at least one car, with 35.4% owning two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ararat splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.9% of people. Only 0.5% use public transport, while the number of people working from home rose to 12.5% since 2011, though this remains far below the Victorian figure.
12.5% ▲ +34.6%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Ararat has 7.66 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the state figure, and 97.7% of these services are buses.
91
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.66
Higher than 91% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
267.3
Higher than 64% of council (lga) 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).
17
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Despite the high number of stops, it takes a typical resident 45 minutes to walk to the nearest one, which is longer than in most similar areas.
45
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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.
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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20260/ararat/topic/transport