6.3% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan Hill · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Swan Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Swan Hill compared to the rest of the country, with only 8.1% doing so. This reliance on physical workplaces is reflected in a community where the vast majority of residents depend on cars to get around and to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.5% owning two vehicles. Only 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Swan Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as 66.3% of people are car drivers. Very few people use public transport for their commute at 1.1%, which is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
8.1% ▲ +11.3%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +122.7%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
While Swan Hill has 82 public transport stops and 15 routes, the 152.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure. Buses make up nearly all of the available services at 99.1%.
82
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.83
Higher than 56% 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).
152.3
Higher than 59% 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).
15
Higher than 64% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA26610/swan-hill/topic/transport