6.4% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Echuca · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Echuca
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Echuca than in the rest of Victoria, with only 8.4% of workers doing so. This creates a distinct transport pattern where the vast majority of residents rely on private cars to get to their jobs. While public transport infrastructure is present, it sees very little use for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.6% owning two vehicles. About 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Echuca splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 66.9% of people commuting as a driver. Only 0.2% use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
8.4% ▲ +111.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -64.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Echuca has 74 public transport stops and 20 routes, which is among the largest for its size. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
74
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.91
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).
286.0
Higher than 74% 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).
20
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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 47 minutes on average, which is much higher than in most other areas.
47
Higher than 78% 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 Echuca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20838/echuca/topic/transport