5.6% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murray River - Swan Hill · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Murray River - Swan Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in public transport service separates Murray River - Swan Hill from the rest of Victoria. The region relies heavily on private cars, with only 0.8% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs. Most households here own multiple vehicles to manage the vast distances.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 37% of homes have two vehicles and another 26% have three or more. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murray River - Swan Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.5% of people as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here compared to the rest of the country, at just 10.4%.
10.4% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 71% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 3.08 stops per 1,000 people. This is well below the state figure, and the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
118
Lower than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.08
Lower than 74% 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).
94.9
Lower than 81% 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).
23
Lower than 57% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Murray River - Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21503/murray-river-swan-hill/topic/transport