2.5% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Longford - Loch Sport · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Longford - Loch Sport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Longford - Loch Sport drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on private cars. This is a place where almost every home owns a vehicle, making the area far more car-dependent than the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. Most households have multiple cars, with 38.3% owning two and 17% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Longford - Loch Sport, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%, which is a little below the national figure. While 13.6% of people work from home—a rise of 4.6 percentage points since 2011—this is still far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
13.6% ▲ +50.5%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +56.3%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 5.29 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a little above the Victorian average. However, with only two bus routes, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
26
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.29
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
31.3
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
2
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Longford - Loch Sport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/205051100/longford-loch-sport/topic/transport