7.8% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ararat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ararat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on cars remains the dominant way to get around Ararat, where 65.7% of workers drive themselves to the office. While public transport infrastructure is relatively extensive for its size, very few people actually use it for their daily commute. This is an area where most homes own at least one vehicle to manage the distance to major hubs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have one or two cars, though 7.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This figure is about the same as the Victorian and national averages, despite being much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ararat splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home here at 6.4%, a figure far below the national average of 21%. Only 0.7% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.4% ▲ +159.6%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Ararat has 67 public transport stops and 16 routes, which is among the largest for its level. While there are far more stops per 1,000 people than in the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian figure.
67
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.88
Higher than 86% 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).
347.6
Higher than 76% 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).
16
Higher than 86% 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.
The area is quite isolated, with a drive time to the city of 127 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. It also takes longer to reach transit, with a 21-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than in most areas.
21
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
127
Higher than 85% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20053/ararat/topic/transport