7.5% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Swan Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Swan Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 61-minute walk to the nearest transport stop is the typical experience for residents in Swan Hill. While the town has a high number of public transport stops and routes, very few people actually use them to get to work. Most residents rely heavily on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.2% owning two vehicles. About 7.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a much higher rate than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Swan Hill splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the dominant choice for travel, with 70.2% of workers driving to their jobs. Only 6.3% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.3% ▲ +102.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Swan Hill has 48 public transport stops and 12 routes, which is among the largest for its size. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Victorian average.
48
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.29
Higher than 75% 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).
236.8
Higher than 73% 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).
12
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.
Getting around is challenging for those without a car, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 61 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
61
Higher than 86% 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).
More for Swan Hill
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Swan Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22405/swan-hill/topic/transport