0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Howqua Inlet · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Howqua Inlet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Howqua Inlet has a motor vehicle, making the area far less car-free than the Victorian average. While residents have relatively easy physical access to a few bus stops, they rely almost entirely on private cars or walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% of homes without a vehicle. Nearly half of all households have two cars, while 14.8% have just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Howqua Inlet, 2 vehicles is the majority at 63%; 1 vehicle is next at 21%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive themselves to work, with 81.8% using a car and 13.6% walking. None of the residents work from home, a figure that is far below the Victorian average of 25.7%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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%
- 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 31.75 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, with only a single bus route serving the area.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
31.75
Higher than 98% 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).
31.7
Higher than 61% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 stop is quick for locals, with a typical walk of only one minute, which is much lower than in most similar areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Howqua Inlet
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Howqua Inlet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21213/howqua-inlet/topic/transport