9.1% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
St Arnaud · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in St Arnaud
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of public transport access and car use than most similar areas define St Arnaud. While 67.6% of workers drive to their jobs, about 9.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, but 9.1% of St Arnaud homes have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and slightly above the Victorian rate of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →St Arnaud splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel is the primary way to get to work, while only 3.6% of people work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21% and among the lowest for its area type.
3.6% ▼ -44.9%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +60.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
St Arnaud has five public transport routes and four stops, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures is far below the Victorian average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.73
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).
24.2
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).
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 about 13 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for this level of area.
13
Higher than 50% 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 St Arnaud [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22334/st-arnaud/topic/transport