2.9% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pyrenees · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Pyrenees
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Pyrenees compared to the state and national figures. Only 2.9% of households have no motor vehicle, making car ownership much more common here than in most other areas. This heavy reliance on private transport is reflected in how people travel and the limited reach of public services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 37.9% having two vehicles and 14.6% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011, reaching 2.9% in 2021.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pyrenees, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60% of residents, while only 0.2% use public transport. Working from home is more common here than in most areas, with 16.7% of the workforce doing so, though this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
16.7% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -70.0%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is limited, with only 19 stops and 10 routes across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, with buses making up 64.3% of the available services.
19
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.48
Lower than 59% 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).
25.6
Lower than 57% 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).
10
Higher than 57% 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 to the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 104 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
104
Higher than 75% 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 Pyrenees [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA25990/pyrenees/topic/transport