6.7% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Castlemaine · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Castlemaine
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of workers in Castlemaine drive themselves to work, making the car the most common way to get around. While most households rely on vehicles, a significant number of people now work from home. This shift has seen the town move toward more flexible working patterns over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 44.2% owning one and 33.6% owning two. The share of households without a motor vehicle is 6.7%, which is higher than most similar areas and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Castlemaine, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 23 points since 2011, with 25.8% of residents now doing so, a figure well above the national average. Public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas, though at 1.6% it remains a little below the state and national figures.
25.8% ▲ +737.3%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▲ +210.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
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 Castlemaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213002/castlemaine/topic/transport