22.4% —
Higher than 99% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rest of NT · Capital City
Transport & Vehicles in Rest of NT
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Vehicle ownership and travel habits in the Rest of NT have remained largely steady over recent years. A striking 22.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. Most people rely on cars or walking to get around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 22.4% of households do not own a motor vehicle, a rate that is far above the Northern Territory's 11.1% and has barely changed since 2016. For those who do own cars, 36.4% have one vehicle and 26.9% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rest of NT, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much lower here than in most areas, with only 3.9% of people doing so, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.8%.
3.9% —
Lower than 89% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Lower than 74% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 in this region, with only 8 routes and 99 stops. There are just 1.11 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Northern Territory average of 3.30.
99
Lower than 98% of capital city areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.11
Lower than 94% of capital city areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
62.6
Lower than 93% of capital city 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).
8
Lower than 98% of capital city 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 Rest of NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/7RNTE/rest-of-nt/topic/transport