63.1% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tiwi Islands · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Tiwi Islands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes lack a car in the Tiwi Islands than in most other areas. About 63.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This lack of private transport and the absence of public transit means most people rely on walking to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The number of homes without a car is among the highest at this level, though it fell 5.4 percentage points since 2011 to reach 63.1%. Only 28.6% of homes have one vehicle, and just 7.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tiwi Islands, No vehicle is the majority at 63%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the primary way to get to work for 55.6% of the workforce. Very few people work from home at 2.8%, and no one uses public transport to commute, which is a drop of 2.7 percentage points since 2011.
2.8% ▲ +159.6%
Lower than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes and stops. This is far below the Northern Territory average of 3.3 stops per 1,000 people.
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tiwi Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA74050/tiwi-islands/topic/transport