Apollo Bay · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Apollo Bay

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

More people are working from home in Apollo Bay than in 2011, though the town remains heavily reliant on cars. The area is largely car-dependent, with over half of all households owning at least one vehicle and almost no one using public transport to get to work.

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📍 Apollo Bay, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 6.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is a figure that has fallen since 2011. Most households own one or two cars, with 51.5% having one and 30% having two.

6.1% ▼ -32.0%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 6.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Apollo Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 30%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. While 11.8% now work from home, the vast majority of the workforce relies on driving or walking to their jobs.

11.8% ▲ +29.3%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.1%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 11.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Apollo Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 59%; Walked is next at 20%.

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 Apollo Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215004/apollo-bay/topic/transport