Harrietville · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Harrietville

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

More people work from home in Harrietville than they did a decade ago, with that figure jumping 16 percentage points since 2011. Most households here rely heavily on cars, as only 3.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

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📍 Harrietville, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Typical households in Harrietville are well-equipped, with 40.5% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.2% owning three or more. Only 3.4% of homes have no car, though this is up slightly from nothing in 2011.

3.4% ▲ —

Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 3.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Harrietville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 48.3% of residents, while 20.7% now work from home. No one in the area uses public transport to commute, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.1%.

20.7% ▲ +317.2%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 8.6%
  • 2021: 20.7%

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: 0.0%
  • 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 Harrietville, Car (driver) is the majority at 57%; Worked at home is next at 24%.

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 Harrietville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222033/harrietville/topic/transport