16.5% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lingiari · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Lingiari
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without a car were recorded in Lingiari by 2021, though 16.5% of households still have no motor vehicle. This is well above the Northern Territory and national figures, reflecting the unique transport challenges of this vast area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While this fell slightly from 17.7% in 2011, it remains well above the 7.4% national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lingiari splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (31%), with No vehicle at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 11.9% of workers, while 59.1% drive themselves. Only 4.4% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
4.4% —
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% —
Lower than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only 1.87 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures far below the Northern Territory average. All available public transport services are buses.
226
Lower than 95% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.87
Lower than 93% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
117.0
Lower than 96% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
39
Lower than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lingiari [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED701/lingiari/topic/transport