Bengworden · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Bengworden

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Bengworden owns a car, creating a massive gap compared to the 7.4% of Australian households without one. In this rural area, private vehicles are essential for getting around and accessing services. This reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel for work and the total lack of local public transport.

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📍 Bengworden, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area has a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 63% owning two vehicles and another 37% having four or more.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bengworden, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 4 or more (26%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 27.3% of residents doing so, which is well above the national figure of 21%. For those who do travel, the car is the only option, as 0% of the workforce uses public transport.

27.3% —

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 33.3%
  • 2021: 27.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Bengworden, Car (driver) is the majority at 53%; Worked at home is next at 32%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Bengworden far below the Victorian average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bengworden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20210/bengworden/topic/transport