6.4% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Arnaud · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in St Arnaud
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars is high in St Arnaud, where only 6.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. Most residents depend on their own transport to get around, as public transport options are very limited and rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 66% of households have either one or two vehicles, while 11.6% own four or more. The share of homes without a car is higher than most similar areas, though this figure fell 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →St Arnaud splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.1% of residents, while only 0.3% use public transport. This is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011; meanwhile, 11.9% work from home, which is far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
11.9% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 to five bus routes, with only 13 stops across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 25.5, which is far below the state figure of 1,267.9.
13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.76
Lower than 58% 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).
25.5
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).
5
Lower than 64% 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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011391/st-arnaud/topic/transport