4.8% —
Lower than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Colac - Corangamite · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Colac - Corangamite
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A gap of over 1,100 weekly departures per 1,000 people separates Colac - Corangamite from the Victorian average for public transport. This area relies heavily on cars, as very few people use public transit to get to work and the drive time to the city is much higher than in most other areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure. This has barely changed since 2016, with 36.8% of homes now owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Colac - Corangamite splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.2% of people use public transport to get to work, one of the lowest rates for any area at this level. While 14.4% of people work from home—a figure that rose since 2016—this remains far below the Victorian average.
14.4% —
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% —
Lower than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 limited here, with only 14 routes and 149 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure, and the network consists mostly of buses.
149
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.87
Lower than 61% 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).
118.8
Lower than 79% 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).
14
Lower than 71% 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 is dominated by private travel, as the drive time to the city is 114 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
114
Higher than 87% 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 Colac - Corangamite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/21703/colac-corangamite/topic/transport