5.3% ▼ -33.6%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Stawell · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Stawell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas define Stawell, though the town remains heavily reliant on private cars. While the number of stops is high, very few residents actually use public transit or work from home compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 35.8% owning two and 14% owning three. Only 5.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Stawell splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 62.6% of people. Only 0.4% use public transport, which is much lower than most areas, while the 10.5% who work from home is far below the Victorian figure.
10.5% ▲ +81.5%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Stawell has 78 public transport stops and 13 routes, which is far above the Victorian average per person. However, these services are infrequent, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the state level.
78
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.17
Higher than 87% 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).
430.3
Lower than 65% 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).
13
Higher than 73% 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 Stawell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/215011392/stawell/topic/transport