42.0% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 42.3%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 42.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Roper Gulf · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Roper Gulf
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes lack a car in Roper Gulf than in most similar areas, with 42% of households owning no motor vehicle. This is a striking gap compared to the Northern Territory average of 11.1%. While some people use public transport or walk to work, there are no formal transit routes or stops available in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Forty-two per cent of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is far above the national rate of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2011. About 34.6% of households have one vehicle, while 16.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Roper Gulf, the largest group is No vehicle at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 38.6%, while 7.2% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Use of public transport for commuting rose to 4% in 2021, slightly above the Territory average.
7.2% ▲ +70.8%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▲ +113.5%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 505.8.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) 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 Roper Gulf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA73600/roper-gulf/topic/transport