Shepparton - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Shepparton - North

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Nearly 69% of workers in Shepparton - North drive themselves to work. This highlights a heavy reliance on cars in an area where very few people work from home or use public transport to commute.

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📍 Shepparton - North, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 38.7% owning two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 3.9 percentage points since 2011.

5.9% ▼ -39.7%

Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.9%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 5.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Shepparton - North splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.4%), and only 8.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

8.4% ▲ +197.5%

Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 8.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.4% ▼ -41.4%

Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Shepparton - North, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 10%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

The area has 161 public transport stops, which is among the largest for its level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.

161

Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

8.08

Higher than 86% 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).

615.1

Lower than 57% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is challenging, with a 16-minute walk to the nearest stop being much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar places.

16

Higher than 76% 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.

120

Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.

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 Shepparton - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216031416/shepparton-north/topic/transport