5.1% ▼ -41.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Apollo Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Apollo Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A two-and-a-half-hour drive to the city means Apollo Bay relies heavily on private cars for daily travel. While the town has more transport stops than most similar areas, the lack of trains or trams makes the car the essential choice for almost everyone.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 33.7% having two and 11% having three. Only 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Apollo Bay, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes to work by public transport, and 13.9% of workers walk to their jobs. Another 16.5% work from home, though this is well below the national figure of 21%.
16.5% ▲ +80.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 town has 8 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than 80% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average, and the only available mode is the bus.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.47
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
106.1
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality 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 to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 150 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
150
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality 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).
More for Apollo Bay
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Apollo Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20049/apollo-bay/topic/transport