4.7% ▼ -28.1%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Latrobe - Gippsland · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Latrobe - Gippsland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 1% of workers use public transport in Latrobe - Gippsland, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This region is far more car-dependent than most, with very few homes lacking a vehicle. While working from home has grown since 2011, the majority of the workforce still commutes by car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, and 38.1% have two. Only 4.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the Victorian and Australian figures and a drop from 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Latrobe - Gippsland splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.8% of people as the driver. Working from home rose to 14% since 2011, though this is still far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
14.0% ▲ +112.1%
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
The area has 113 public transport routes, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian figure. Bus services dominate the network, making up 97% of the available public transport modes.
1,227
Higher than 57% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.08
Lower than 70% 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).
333.7
Lower than 70% 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).
113
Higher than 82% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Latrobe - Gippsland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/205/latrobe-gippsland/topic/transport