4.4% ▼ -29.8%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in East Gippsland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of workers in East Gippsland drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a region where private vehicles are essential for getting around, with very few people using public transport to commute. Most households own at least one car, and many have multiple vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes in East Gippsland go without a car, with only 4.4% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has fallen since 2011. Most homes have two vehicles, while 22.5% of households own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →East Gippsland splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much lower than most other areas. While 12.6% of the workforce now works from home—a rise of 5.5 percentage points since 2011—this is still far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
12.6% ▲ +77.7%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -56.0%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 in the area is almost entirely based on buses, which make up 99% of the services. While there are 172 stops across the region, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
172
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.53
Higher than 53% 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).
82.4
Higher than 52% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in East Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22110/east-gippsland/topic/transport