6.3% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Casterton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Casterton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero people use public transport to get to work in Casterton, making it an area where cars are essential. While most households have at least one vehicle, the local transport network is very limited compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.3% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, 37.2% have one and 32.6% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Casterton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 63.4% as the driver and 6.0% as a passenger. Only 6.8% work from home, a figure far below both the Victorian and national averages.
6.8% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Bus services are the only public transport option, but access is limited. The 28.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.39
Higher than 67% 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).
28.7
Higher than 60% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 22 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
22
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.
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 Casterton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20513/casterton/topic/transport