2.2% —
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macedon (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Macedon (Northern Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Macedon than in other parts of Victoria. Most households here own multiple cars, and a high number of residents work from home to avoid long trips.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Macedon has a car, with only 2.2% of households owning none. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, and most homes here own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macedon (Northern Victoria), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged to 27.2% of the workforce, which is well above the Australian average. Only 0.9% of residents use public transport for their commute, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
27.2% —
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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.
Public transport is limited, with only 2.98 stops per 1,000 people. This is well below the state average, and weekly departures are far below the Victorian figure.
194
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.98
Lower than 81% 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).
260.4
Lower than 81% 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).
26
Lower than 51% 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 Macedon (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED24504/macedon/topic/transport