4.7% —
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) relies on a car for daily life, with only 4.7% of homes having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is reflected in the way people get to work and the limited number of public transport services available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have more than one car, with 38.5% owning two and 14.1% owning three. The share of car-less households is a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6% and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria), the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as only 0.3% of people use public transport, which is among the lowest for similar areas. Working from home rose to 12.3% by 2021, though this is still far below the Victorian figure of 25.7%.
12.3% —
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 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 sparse, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being far below the Victorian figure. While the area has 45 different routes, it has much lower access to stops and services than most other areas.
190
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.18
Lower than 78% 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).
202.0
Lower than 84% 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).
45
Higher than 81% 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 Ovens Valley (Northern Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED26504/ovens-valley/topic/transport