3.1% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murtoa · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murtoa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher numbers of public transport stops and routes than most similar areas mark Murtoa as a well-connected small town. Despite this, very few people use these services to get to work. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 38.3% of homes having two vehicles and 14.8% having three. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Murtoa splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive to their jobs, while only 1.1% use public transport. This is a little below the Victorian average. Very few people work from home at 8.1%, which is far below the state figure of 25.7%.
8.1% ▼ -22.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.5%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +49.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 5 public transport routes and 3 stops, which is more than about 88% of similar areas. However, weekly departures are far below the state average, and all services are provided by buses.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.34
Higher than 71% 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).
45.7
Higher than 62% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 a typical resident 22 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is higher than in most similar areas.
22
Higher than 60% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Murtoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21850/murtoa/topic/transport