5.6% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 54% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Grampians · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Grampians
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Grampians, where only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. Most residents rely on their own transport to get around, with very few people using public options for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 35.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 25.5% owning three or more. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen to 5.6%, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Grampians splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.5% of people as the main driver. Only 0.3% use public transport, which is much lower than most areas, while 12.5% work from home.
12.5% ▲ +29.6%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -38.7%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
There are 381 public transport stops, which is more than 62% of similar areas. However, the 251.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9, and almost all services are buses.
381
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.31
Higher than 85% 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).
251.5
Lower than 69% 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).
39
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Grampians [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21501/grampians/topic/transport