6.5% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Solomon · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Solomon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport departures are available in Solomon than the Territory average, with 938.5 weekly trips per 1,000 people. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though the area is better served by bus routes than many similar places. It remains a car-dependent region where working from home is uncommon.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.1% of homes owning two vehicles. Only 6.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen slightly since 2011 and is much lower than the Territory average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Solomon splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 67.2% as the driver and 6.2% as a passenger. Very few people work from home at 4.1%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
4.1% —
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% —
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 exclusively bus-based and is well-resourced, with 4.91 stops per 1,000 people. This is well above the Territory average, and the area has 74 different routes.
542
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.91
Higher than 56% 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).
938.5
Lower than 56% 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).
74
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Despite the number of stops, it takes much longer than most areas to walk to the nearest one, taking 20 minutes. The typical drive to the city is also longer than most areas, taking 43 minutes.
20
Higher than 74% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
43
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Solomon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED702/solomon/topic/transport