4.5% ▼ -25.4%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Palmerston · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Palmerston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High car reliance defines daily life in Palmerston, where only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is much lower than the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%, and the number of car-free households has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 43.9% owning two vehicles and 14.2% owning three. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that very few households get by without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Palmerston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.1% of people as the driver and 6.1% as a passenger. Very few people work from home at 3.3%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
3.3% ▲ +90.8%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -43.8%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 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 almost exclusively buses, with 37 routes and 134 stops. The area has 698.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 505.8.
134
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.60
Higher than 54% 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).
698.4
Higher than 75% 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).
37
Higher than 82% 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.
The typical trip to the city takes 19 minutes, which is lower than most areas. Similarly, the usual walk to the nearest transport stop is short, taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
19
Lower than 73% 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 Palmerston
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Palmerston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA72800/palmerston/topic/transport