7.8% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eaglehawk · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eaglehawk
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A reliance on cars defines daily travel in Eaglehawk, where 67.6% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute. Most residents depend on their own vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households have one or two cars, with 39.5% owning one and 33.7% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eaglehawk, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Victoria, at just 8.7%. Only 0.8% of workers use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average.
8.7% ▲ +251.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -58.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Eaglehawk has a high level of infrastructure with 46 stops and 10 routes, making it much higher than most similar areas. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little below the state figure.
46
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.
8.31
Higher than 86% 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).
1,120.4
Higher than 87% 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).
10
Higher than 86% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes. It takes much longer than in most areas to drive from here to the city, with a typical trip taking 106 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
106
Higher than 73% 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 Eaglehawk [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20823/eaglehawk/topic/transport