5.7% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northern Grampians · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Northern Grampians
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of public transport stops makes Northern Grampians stand out compared to similar areas. Despite this, the region remains heavily reliant on private cars for daily travel. Only 0.3% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.4% owning two and 10.1% owning four or more. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Northern Grampians splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.6% of people as the driver. Only 10.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
10.7% ▲ +38.1%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -23.7%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
There are 7.62 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Victorian average of 4.41. However, the 313.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
91
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.
7.62
Higher than 91% 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).
313.6
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).
16
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Northern Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25810/northern-grampians/topic/transport