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.
Hopetoun · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Hopetoun, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
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