6.7% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Benalla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Benalla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A steady reliance on cars defines transport in Benalla, where 65.3% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use these services to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Benalla have at least one car, with 38.6% owning one and 35.6% owning two. About 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Benalla splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, while only 0.3% of people use public transport. Working from home is far less common here than across Victoria or Australia, at just 10.5%.
10.5% ▲ +155.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Benalla has 54 public transport stops and 24 routes, which is among the largest for this type of area. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure.
54
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.99
Higher than 77% 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).
423.9
Higher than 77% 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).
24
Higher than 87% 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 around is heavily car-dependent, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 38 minutes. This is higher than in most areas, and the drive time to the city is also much higher.
38
Higher than 73% 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.
130
Higher than 86% 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 Benalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20204/benalla/topic/transport