6.3% ▼ -20.6%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Echuca · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Echuca
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.2% of workers in Echuca use public transport to get to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. While the area has a fair amount of transit infrastructure, very few people actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.4% owning two vehicles. Only 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Echuca splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.9% of residents. Working from home is much less common here than across the state, with only 8.6% of the workforce doing so.
8.6% ▲ +104.8%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -65.5%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Echuca has more transport routes and stops than most similar areas, with 20 routes and 74 stops. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
74
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.73
Higher than 57% 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).
275.4
Lower than 71% 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).
20
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Access to transit is limited for many, as the time it takes to walk to the nearest stop is among the highest for areas of this level.
59
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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 Echuca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216011406/echuca/topic/transport