5.0% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Greater Shepparton · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Greater Shepparton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A staggering 144-minute drive to the city defines the remote nature of Greater Shepparton. Most people here rely on their own cars to get around, with only 5% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. While the area has many transport stops, very few people actually use public transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 37.7% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen by 2.5 points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Greater Shepparton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to travel, as only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work. Just 9.7% of people work from home, a figure that is far below both the state and national levels.
9.7% ▲ +89.0%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -50.4%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Greater Shepparton has 395 public transport stops, which is well above the Victorian average for the population size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and almost all services are buses.
395
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.77
Higher than 80% 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).
386.2
Higher than 69% 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).
21
Higher than 71% 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 typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 20 minutes. This is around the middle for similar areas, but the long distance to the city makes driving the most practical choice.
20
Higher than 55% 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.
144
Higher than 89% 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 Shepparton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22830/greater-shepparton/topic/transport