2.6% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Loddon - Elmore · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Loddon - Elmore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.6% of homes in Loddon - Elmore lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This highlights a strong reliance on private cars for daily travel across the region. While most residents have their own transport, very few use public options to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 71.7% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 2.6% of households have no car, which is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Loddon - Elmore, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is relatively common for 18% of the workforce, though this is well below the Victorian figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.3%, which is much lower than most areas.
18.0% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 16.2%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
While there are 5.15 public transport stops per 1,000 people, the frequency of service is far below the state average. Only 47.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people are available, and most of these are bus services.
63
Lower than 84% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.15
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
47.4
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
15
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes typically 67 minutes, which is among the highest times recorded for areas of this type.
67
Higher than 95% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Loddon - Elmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20203/loddon-elmore/topic/transport