5.0% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greater Bendigo · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Greater Bendigo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes than 90% of similar areas define Greater Bendigo. While the infrastructure is extensive, most people still rely on cars to get around, with only 5% of homes having no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Greater Bendigo have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two vehicles. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle has fallen to 5.0%, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greater Bendigo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, as only 0.8% of workers use public transport. While the number of people working from home rose to 13.6% since 2011, this remains far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
13.6% ▲ +252.5%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 a large network of 738 stops and 51 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, with 844.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is well below the Victorian average.
738
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.08
Higher than 83% 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).
844.6
Higher than 77% 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).
51
Higher than 86% 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 transport stop takes about 11 minutes, which is around the middle for its level. The drive time to the city is 101 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
11
Lower than 53% 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.
101
Higher than 73% 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 Greater Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22620/greater-bendigo/topic/transport