4.6% —
Lower than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ripon (Western Victoria) · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Ripon (Western Victoria)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 5% of homes in Ripon lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the Victorian figure. This makes the area highly dependent on cars for daily travel. While public transport options exist, they are rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.8% having two and 15.4% having three. The share of homes without a vehicle fell to 4.6% in 2021, a figure that is a little below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ripon (Western Victoria) splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.4% of residents, while only 0.4% use public transport. Working from home rose to 12.6% since 2016, though this remains far below the state figure.
12.6% —
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Ripon has 406 public transport stops, which is much higher than most areas for its size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and 98.7% of services are buses.
406
Higher than 80% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.97
Higher 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).
284.0
Lower than 80% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ripon (Western Victoria) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED27208/ripon/topic/transport