1.8% ▼ -41.4%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Surf Coast · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Surf Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Surf Coast relies on a car to get around, with only 1.8% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is matched by a strong shift toward remote work, with 27.9% of residents now working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, as 46.8% own two vehicles and 23.8% own three or more. Very few households are without a car, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is now well below the Victorian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Surf Coast, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 27.9% since 2011, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, only 0.4% of people use public transport to get to work, a rate that is lower than most areas.
27.9% ▲ +253.9%
Higher than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -70.8%
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Buses make up 99.5% of all public transport here, as there are very few train services. While there are 115 stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian average.
115
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.05
Lower than 53% 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).
403.4
Higher than 70% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical drive time to the city is 73 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
73
Higher than 57% 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 Surf Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26490/surf-coast/topic/transport