5.0% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eildon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eildon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A five-hour drive to the city separates Eildon from the urban hubs of Victoria. This remote location means the area relies heavily on cars for almost every trip, with zero workers using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 80.6% of homes owning either one or two vehicles. Only 5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eildon, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.9% of people commuting as the driver. Far fewer people work from home here than in the rest of the state, at just 11.3% compared to 25.7% across Victoria.
11.3% ▲ +389.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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.
While the area has four public transport stops and two bus routes, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure. This suggests that while basic infrastructure exists, services are very infrequent.
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.
4.24
Higher than 74% 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).
78.4
Higher than 66% 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.
Travel times are among the highest for similar areas, with a typical drive to the city taking 316 minutes.
316
Higher than 99% 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).
More for Eildon
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Eildon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20850/eildon/topic/transport