8.7% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alice Springs · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Alice Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Alice Springs compared to the rest of the country, with only 3.2% doing so. This gap highlights a local workforce that relies heavily on physical workplaces, with most residents depending on private vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle (37%) or two vehicles (34.6%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Alice Springs splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, as only 1.6% use public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011. The proportion of people working from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
3.2% ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -46.6%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Alice Springs has 99 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is more than half of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Northern Territory figure.
99
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Higher than 56% 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).
215.4
Higher than 61% 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).
8
Higher than 52% 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 to a transit point is relatively easy here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
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 Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA70200/alice-springs/topic/transport