4.1% ▼ -22.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Avoca
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower number of people work from home in Avoca compared to the state and national figures. Most residents rely heavily on cars to get around, which is consistent with the town's remote location and a long drive time to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least two vehicles, with 35% owning exactly two and 10.3% owning four or more. Only 4.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Avoca splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.2% of residents. Only 0.9% use public transport and 10.9% work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
10.9% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
The town has three public transport stops and two bus routes, which is more than about 74% of similar areas. However, there are only 11.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people, far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.21
Higher than 66% 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).
11.8
Higher than 58% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Living in Avoca involves a long trip to the city, with a typical drive time of 115 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, while the 14-minute walk to the nearest stop is around the middle for its level.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
115
Higher than 78% 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 Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20087/avoca/topic/transport