2.1% ▼ -33.5%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macedon Ranges · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Macedon Ranges
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in the Macedon Ranges are without a car, with only 2.1% lacking a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the region, where most homes own two or more cars and a large number of residents work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, and the 2.1% of households with no motor vehicle is among the lowest for similar areas. This figure is well below the 7.6% seen across Victoria.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macedon Ranges, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 27% of people doing so—a jump of 20 points since 2011. Only 1% of workers use public transport to commute, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
27.0% ▲ +306.2%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -74.5%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
While the area has 152 public transport stops, the 314.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9. Buses make up 88% of the available transit modes.
152
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.95
Lower than 54% 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).
314.5
Higher 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).
20
Higher than 70% 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.
A typical trip to the city takes about 53 minutes. However, the walk to the nearest stop takes 48 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
48
Higher than 76% 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.
53
Lower than 51% 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 Macedon Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA24130/macedon-ranges/topic/transport