2.8% ▲ +204.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Harcourt · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Harcourt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars remain the dominant way to travel in Harcourt, where very few homes lack a vehicle. While public transport options are available, they are rarely used for commuting, with 61.2% of workers relying on a car to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2.8% of homes in Harcourt have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian average of 7.6%. Most households are well-equipped, with 42.5% owning two vehicles and 17.6% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Harcourt, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Harcourt uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 61.2% of workers drive, while 20.7% work from home, a rate about the same as the Australian average.
20.7% ▲ +164.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 20.7%
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: 1.4%
- 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.
There are 5.78 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Victorian average. However, actual service is limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the state figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.78
Higher than 81% 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).
83.8
Higher than 67% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
It takes about 12 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop. For those heading into the city, the typical drive time is 76 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
76
Higher than 54% 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 Harcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21137/harcourt/topic/transport