5.3% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Benalla · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Benalla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Around the middle for its level, Benalla has a transport profile where most residents rely on private cars. Very few people use public transport to get to work, and only 5.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This reflects a region where driving is the primary way to move around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 36.4% having two vehicles and 14.9% having three. The share of homes without a motor vehicle has fallen to 5.3%, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Benalla splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice, with 62.9% of workers commuting as a driver. Only 0.2% of people use public transport for work, while those working from home rose to 13.9% since 2011, though this remains well below the Australian figure.
13.9% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -69.9%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
The area has 58 public transport stops and 24 routes, making it larger than over half of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, and the system is almost entirely buses.
58
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.99
Higher than 58% 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).
320.7
Higher than 66% 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).
24
Higher than 73% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes typically 67 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
67
Higher than 90% 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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21010/benalla/topic/transport