Huntly · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Huntly

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer homes lack a car in Huntly compared to the state average, with only 0.9% of households without one. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is clear, as most homes own multiple cars and very few people work from home.

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📍 Huntly, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own several cars, with 44.6% having two and 12.8% owning four or more. Only 0.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

0.9% ▼ -62.7%

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Huntly, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 67.5% of residents. Only 11.3% of people work from home, which is far below the 25.7% seen across Victoria.

11.3% ▲ +155.3%

Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 11.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.9% ▼ -39.4%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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.

How people get to work

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In Huntly, Car (driver) is the majority at 81%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Huntly has 21 public transport stops and 3 routes, meaning it has more stops per person than most similar areas. However, the 855 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.

5.86

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).

855.0

Higher than 85% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

It takes a typical resident 114 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 19 minutes.

19

Higher than 58% 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.

114

Higher than 77% 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 Huntly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21219/huntly/topic/transport