4.0% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 64% of workers in Gippsland East drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. Very few people use public transport, and the area has a much lower number of transit stops than most other regions. This creates a landscape where private vehicles are essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 38.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.1% having three or more. Only 4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is among the lowest in the region at just 0.3%, a figure that fell from 2.5% in 2011. While 12.5% of people now work from home, this is far below the state figure of 25.7%.
12.5% ▲ +133.4%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -89.2%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is limited, with only 3.11 stops per 1,000 people, which is well below the Victorian average of 4.41. Weekly departures are also far below the state figure, and almost all available services are buses.
199
Lower than 67% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.11
Lower 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).
67.3
Lower than 94% 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).
20
Lower 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gippsland East (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23502/gippsland-east/topic/transport