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Geelong · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Geelong

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More people work from home in Geelong than in most similar areas, though car travel remains the dominant way to get around. While 18.1% of workers avoid the commute entirely, the vast majority of the population still relies on private vehicles for their daily travel.

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📍 Geelong, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have one or two cars, with 39% owning two and 38% owning one. Only 6.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most areas but about the same as the national and state figures.

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Geelong splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

2 vehicles 39.0% 1 vehicle 38.0% 3 vehicles 10.8% No vehicle 6.7% 4 or more 5.5%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary choice for 58.6% of workers, while 18.1% work from home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Public transport use is also much higher than in similar areas, although at 1.6% it remains a little below the national figure.

How people get to work

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In Geelong, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Car (driver) 58.6% Worked at home 18.1% Car (passenger) 4.2% Walked 2.2% Bus 1.0% Bicycle 0.7% Train 0.6%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Geelong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL203003/geelong/topic/transport