4.1% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Corangamite · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Corangamite
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people live without a car in Corangamite than in most similar areas. The region is heavily reliant on private vehicles for travel, which is reflected in the fact that only 0.2% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.2% owning two and 12.9% owning four or more. Only 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Corangamite, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.1% of residents. While 16.9% of the workforce works from home, this is well below the national figure, and almost no one uses public transport to commute.
16.9% ▲ +3.4%
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.3%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Public transport is limited, with only 1.86 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Victorian average. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the state figure, with buses making up 73.8% of the available services.
30
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.86
Lower than 64% 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).
33.1
Lower than 56% 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).
7
Higher than 50% 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.
The area is quite remote, with a typical drive time to the city of 118 minutes. This is much higher than in most other similar areas.
118
Higher than 83% 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 Corangamite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA21830/corangamite/topic/transport