5.0% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shepparton · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Shepparton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of workers in Shepparton drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a region where most households own multiple vehicles and very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 37.7% of homes having two vehicles and 24.1% owning three or more. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the Victorian and national averages and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Shepparton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here, at 9.7%, which is far below the figures for Victoria and Australia. Public transport use for work is among the lowest across similar areas, with only 0.3% of people using it.
9.7% ▲ +92.5%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -48.5%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 Shepparton has 5.79 transport stops per 1,000 people—well above the Victorian figure—these services are rarely used. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and almost all services are buses.
395
Higher than 64% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.79
Higher than 77% 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).
387.4
Lower than 64% 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).
21
Lower than 60% 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 25 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar regions at 155 minutes.
25
Higher than 81% 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.
155
Higher than 91% of sub-region (sa3) 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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21603/shepparton/topic/transport