5.3% ▼ -21.5%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Colac Otway · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Colac Otway
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 116-minute drive to the city separates Colac Otway from the state capital, highlighting the area's remote nature. While most homes own multiple cars, very few people use public transport for their daily commute. This reliance on private vehicles is a defining feature of how people move through the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least one car, with 37.3% having two and 14.1% having three. Only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Colac Otway splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 61.2% of people as the driver. Only 0.2% of workers use public transport, which is much lower than most areas, while 12.5% work from home—a figure that is well below the Australian average of 21.0%.
12.5% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -58.4%
Lower than 81% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 region has 119 public transport stops, meaning there are more stops per person than in most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure, and the network is almost entirely buses.
119
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.31
Higher than 76% 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).
180.1
Higher than 60% 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).
9
Higher than 55% 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.
Getting around the region is dominated by the car, as the drive time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
116
Higher than 82% of council (lga) 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 Colac Otway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21750/colac-otway/topic/transport