4.2% ▼ -29.0%
Lower than 87% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hume · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Hume
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without a car are common in Hume, where car reliance remains high despite a rise in people working from home since 2011. Most households now own at least one vehicle, with 39% owning two, reflecting the area's limited public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%. This is a downward trend from 2011, as more households now own at least one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hume, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the main way to get to work for 62.2% of people, while only 0.4% use public transport. Working from home has risen to 13.7% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure of 25.7%.
13.7% ▲ +94.6%
Higher than 56% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -60.0%
Lower than 92% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.4%
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, with 3.39 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures far below the Victorian figure. Buses are the primary service here, making up 96.7% of the transport network.
627
Lower than 75% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.39
Lower than 79% 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).
224.1
Lower than 79% 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).
87
Higher than 58% 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 Hume [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/204/hume/topic/transport