3.2% ▼ -17.3%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South Gippsland · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in South Gippsland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has risen by 6.5 percentage points since 2011 in South Gippsland, reflecting a shift in how people get to work. Very few households go without a car here, and the typical resident relies heavily on private vehicles for travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households own multiple cars, with 38.1% having two vehicles and 16% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South Gippsland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58% of people, while 18.6% work from home. Use of public transport for commuting is very low at 0.2%, which is a little below the national figure.
18.6% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -61.7%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 options are limited to buses, with only 1.44 stops per 1,000 people, far below the Victorian average of 4.41. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far below the state figure.
44
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.44
Lower than 67% 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).
34.3
Lower than 56% 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).
5
Lower than 55% 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.
It takes much longer than most areas to get to the city, with a typical drive time of 104 minutes. Access to transit is also limited, with a 33-minute walk to the nearest stop.
33
Higher than 65% 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.
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 South Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26170/south-gippsland/topic/transport