4.2% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Alexander · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Alexander
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge jump in remote work has reshaped how people move in Mount Alexander, with those working from home rising by 17 percentage points since 2011. This shift comes alongside a strong reliance on cars and a very low use of public transport for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own one or two cars, and the share of car-free homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mount Alexander splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About one in four residents work from home, a figure well above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with just 1.0% doing so—a decline from 3.2% in 2011.
24.9% ▲ +200.7%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -68.2%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 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.
The area has more transport stops per person than the Victorian average, and 89.3% of these services are buses. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
99
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.89
Higher than 71% 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).
136.7
Higher than 58% 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).
14
Higher than 62% 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 is challenging for those without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 28 minutes. This is higher than most areas, as is the 87-minute drive time to the city.
28
Higher than 61% 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.
87
Higher than 65% 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 Mount Alexander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25430/mount-alexander/topic/transport