5.1% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Halls Gap · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Halls Gap
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Eighteen public transport stops per 1,000 people is among the highest rates for similar areas in Halls Gap. While the area has a high number of stops, the actual frequency of services is far below the state figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, while 5.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Halls Gap splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 9%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work for 17.9% of residents, while 19.2% work from home. Notably, no one here commutes using public transport.
19.2% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 19.2%
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: 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 9 public transport stops and 2 routes, with all services being buses. Despite the high number of stops, weekly departures are far below the Victorian average.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
18.18
Higher than 91% 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).
280.8
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).
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.
Getting to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 25 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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).
More for Halls Gap
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Halls Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21127/halls-gap/topic/transport