Shepparton Surrounds - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Shepparton Surrounds - East

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

Very few people in Shepparton Surrounds - East get around without a car, with only 1.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is clear across the area, where public transport use and access are both among the lowest for similar regions.

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📍 Shepparton Surrounds - East, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, with 83.2% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.

1.1% ▲ +26.8%

Lower than 96% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.9%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 1.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Shepparton Surrounds - East, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (26%) and 4 or more (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most workers rely on their own cars, and only 0.4% use public transport to get to work. While 16.6% of people work from home, this is well below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.

16.6% ▲ +27.8%

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 13.0%
  • 2016: 13.2%
  • 2021: 16.6%

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

0.4% ▼ -17.8%

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 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 Surrounds - East, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport is very limited, with just 6 stops and 3 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 37.3, which is far below the state figure of 1,267.9.

6

Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

1.49

Lower than 84% 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).

37.3

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Travel times to the city are among the highest for similar areas, with a typical drive taking 131 minutes.

131

Higher than 94% 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 Surrounds - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216031418/shepparton-surrounds-east/topic/transport