5.7% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Bendigo West than in 2011, with that figure rising by 5.9 percentage points to 15.8%. This shift comes as the area maintains a very high reliance on cars for daily travel. While public transport infrastructure is extensive, very few residents actually use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.1% of residents, while only 0.9% use public transport. This is much lower than most areas and sits a little below the Victoria figure of 2.9%.
15.8% ▲ +59.6%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ +14.5%
Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Bendigo West has a high number of transport stops and 53 different routes, which is larger than about 89% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure.
387
Higher than 78% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.07
Higher than 79% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
858.9
Lower than 56% of state electorate 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).
53
Higher than 86% of state electorate 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bendigo West (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED20804/bendigo-west/topic/transport