3.6% ▼ -24.3%
Lower than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Northern Midlands · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Northern Midlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
An 88-minute drive to the city is typical for Northern Midlands, where car reliance is very high. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and the vast majority of the working population depends on driving to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own multiple cars, with 37.6% having two and another 28% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Northern Midlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 8.6% of people doing so. This is consistent with the fact that most residents drive to work, while only 0.8% use public transport.
8.6% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ +16.9%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
There are 54 public transport stops across 7 bus routes. While the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is higher than most similar areas, it remains far below the state figure.
54
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.93
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
175.3
Higher than 60% of council (lga) 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).
7
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 39 minutes for many. This is higher than in most other areas.
39
Higher than 69% of council (lga) 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.
88
Higher than 66% of council (lga) 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).
More for Northern Midlands
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Northern Midlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA64610/northern-midlands/topic/transport