3.2% ▼ -45.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murchison · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murchison
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher car ownership than most similar areas defines Murchison, where only 3.2% of homes lack a motor vehicle. The town is very car-dependent, with almost 70% of workers driving themselves to work and very few options for public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 37% having two vehicles and 10.3% having four or more. Only 3.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Murchison splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as 67.4% of people are car drivers and 0% use public transport. Only 13.1% of people work from home, which is far below the state figure of 25.7%.
13.1% ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes and two stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the 79.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Victorian figure of 1,267.9.
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.
2.26
Higher than 66% 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).
79.2
Higher than 66% 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.
The area is remote, with a 106-minute drive to the city. Access to transit is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 48 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
106
Higher than 73% 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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21832/murchison/topic/transport