4.5% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rushworth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rushworth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines travel in Rushworth, where 61.3% of workers drive themselves to get to work. While most homes have at least one car, the area remains very remote from the city and local transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 37.5% of homes having one vehicle and 31.6% having two. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rushworth, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon at 11%, which is far below the 21% national figure. This reflects a local workforce that relies almost entirely on cars, as no one uses public transport to commute.
11.0% ▲ +80.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
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: 1.2%
- 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 very limited and consists only of buses. With only 17 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the Victoria average of 1,267.9.
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.
2.13
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).
17.0
Higher than 59% 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.
Reaching services is a challenge in this area. It takes much longer than most areas to get to the city, with a 120-minute drive time and a 70-minute walk to the nearest stop.
70
Higher than 91% 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.
120
Higher than 81% 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 Rushworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22215/rushworth/topic/transport