2.9% —
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Evelyn (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Evelyn (Eastern Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for almost everyone in Evelyn, where far fewer homes are without a vehicle compared to most other areas. This reliance on private transport is mirrored in the local workforce, with only 1.2% of people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 42.4% having two and 11.6% having four or more. Only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the Victorian average of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Evelyn (Eastern Victoria), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 21.3%, up 17 points since 2016, while the share of people using public transport for their commute fell to 1.2%. Over half of the workforce (56.7%) still drive themselves to work.
21.3% —
Higher than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% —
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
The area has 34 public transport routes, though the 3.98 stops per 1,000 people is lower than most areas. Service frequency is also well below the state figure, with 876.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, and the network is almost entirely buses.
242
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.98
Lower than 64% 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).
876.1
Lower than 55% 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).
34
Higher than 67% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Evelyn (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED22802/evelyn/topic/transport