9.8% ▼ -28.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bendigo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bendigo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of working residents in Bendigo drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While car use is common, the area has a high number of homes without a vehicle and some of the best public transport access in the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.8% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a little above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bendigo, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is less common here than in the rest of Australia, at 15.8%. Public transport use for commuting is 1.4%, which is much higher than in most similar areas despite being a little below the state figure.
15.8% ▲ +346.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Bendigo has some of the highest transport access in the region, with 13.98 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the Victorian average, and the 3,846.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people are also far above the state figure.
79
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.98
Higher than 89% 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).
3,846.4
Higher than 99% 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).
43
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.
A typical walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is higher than in most areas, taking about 95 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
95
Higher than 66% 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 Bendigo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20208/bendigo/topic/transport