4.6% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 76% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bendigo · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Bendigo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 60% of workers in Bendigo drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars. While most households own at least one vehicle, the area has seen a significant rise in people working from home over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Few homes in Bendigo go without a car, with only 4.6% lacking a vehicle. This is much lower than most areas and has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011, while 38.4% of households now keep two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bendigo splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 17% by 2021, though this remains well below the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.9%, which is lower than most other areas.
17.0% ▲ +206.0%
Higher than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -55.7%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Bendigo has 5.55 transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average of 4.41. However, the number of weekly departures per person is far below the state figure.
931
Lower than 58% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.55
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
651.0
Lower than 55% of region (sa4) 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).
66
Lower than 60% of region (sa4) 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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/202/bendigo/topic/transport