0.8% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mount Macedon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mount Macedon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes in Mount Macedon have two motor vehicles, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily life. While most people drive or work from home, the area has very little access to public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 69% of households owning two or more vehicles. Only 0.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mount Macedon, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (21%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common, with 37.1% of residents doing so—far above the national figure of 21%. For those who do travel, 41.9% drive themselves, while only 0.6% use public transport.
37.1% ▲ +286.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -89.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Public transport is almost non-existent in the area, with no routes, stops, or departures recorded. This is far below the Victorian average for stops and departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive to the city takes about 45 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 63 minutes, much higher than most areas.
63
Higher than 87% 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.
45
Lower than 65% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Mount Macedon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21801/mount-macedon/topic/transport