7.4% ▼ -32.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orbost · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Orbost
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily travel in Orbost, where no one uses public transport to get to work. While most homes have at least one car, those without a vehicle face a significant lack of transit options compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, making up 43.7% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Orbost, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61.1% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 10.5%, a figure far below both the Victorian and national rates.
10.5% ▲ +74.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 10.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 buses, and with zero people using it for commuting, the service is minimal. The area has only one stop and three routes, leaving departures far below the Victorian average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.44
Higher than 59% 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).
26.9
Higher than 60% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Orbost [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22014/orbost/topic/transport