1.0% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Golden Plains · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Golden Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Golden Plains relies on a car to get around, as only 1% of households have no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is linked to the area's remoteness and a lack of frequent public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 82.3% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that the proportion of homes without a car is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Golden Plains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel for work, with 63.2% of people as the main driver. Working from home has risen to 16.2% since 2011, though this remains well below the Victorian average.
16.2% ▲ +144.8%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -52.2%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 very limited, with only 0.4% of workers using it. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
31
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.
1.24
Lower than 69% 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).
14.4
Lower 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).
8
Higher than 52% 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 without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 58 minutes. The drive time to the city is also much higher than in most other areas.
58
Higher than 85% 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.
106
Higher than 76% 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).
More for Golden Plains
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Golden Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22490/golden-plains/topic/transport