4.2% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) than in the rest of the state. Most households depend on their own cars to get around, and very few residents use trains or buses for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 4.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This is well below the Victorian figure of 7.6%, and the number of car-free homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gippsland South (Eastern Victoria) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.2% of residents. While working from home rose to 15.4% since 2011, this is still well below the national figure of 21.0%.
15.4% ▲ +106.4%
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -56.2%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 very limited, with only 2.87 stops per 1,000 people, which is much lower than most areas. Weekly departures are far below the Victorian average, and almost all available services are buses.
173
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.87
Lower than 83% 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).
101.8
Lower than 91% 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).
21
Lower than 65% 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 South (Eastern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED23602/gippsland-south/topic/transport