Hopetoun · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Hopetoun

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

Zero people use public transport to get to work in Hopetoun, highlighting a total reliance on private travel. Most households have at least one car, and the number of homes without a vehicle has fallen since 2011. This creates a transport landscape where driving is the only viable way to commute.

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📍 Hopetoun, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 5.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and lower than it was in 2011. Most households own one or two cars, with 40.0% having one and 34.2% having two.

5.0% ▼ -43.8%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.9%
  • 2016: 2.1%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Hopetoun, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.5% of people as the driver. Only 8.1% of workers stay at home, a figure far below the typical Victorian or Australian experience.

8.1% ▲ +19.6%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.8%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 8.1%

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: 1.9%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 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 Hopetoun, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Walked is next at 10%.

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 Hopetoun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221033/hopetoun/topic/transport