5.2% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Skipton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Skipton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap in public transport separates Skipton from the rest of the state, with the typical drive to the city taking 113 minutes. Almost everyone relies on private cars to get around, while a tiny 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least one car, and 35.3% have two. The number of homes without a vehicle is a little below the Victorian and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Skipton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, and 60.1% of workers drive themselves. Another 18.3% work from home, which is a little below the national figure.
18.3% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 18.3%
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: 2.0%
- 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.
Bus services are the only option here, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 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.
1.64
Higher than 64% 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).
62.4
Higher than 64% 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 the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 113 minutes. It is also a long walk to the nearest transport stop, taking about 38 minutes.
38
Higher than 73% 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.
113
Higher than 77% 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 Skipton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22290/skipton/topic/transport