Daylesford - Hepburn Springs · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Daylesford - Hepburn Springs

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

Over a quarter of workers in Daylesford - Hepburn Springs now work from home, a figure that has jumped 21 percentage points since 2011. This shift highlights a community where remote work is common and reliance on private cars is high for those who do travel.

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📍 Daylesford - Hepburn Springs, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This is higher than most similar areas, but a little below the Victorian figure of 7.6%.

5.5% ▼ -31.2%

Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Daylesford - Hepburn Springs, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the most common way to get to work at 47.5%, while 26.3% work from home, which is well above the national figure of 21%. In contrast, no one here uses public transport to commute, a result that is well below the Australian average.

26.3% ▲ +420.0%

Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.1%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 26.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 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 Daylesford - Hepburn Springs, Car (driver) is the majority at 56%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

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 Daylesford - Hepburn Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215029/daylesford-hepburn-springs/topic/transport