11.7% —
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
0874, NT · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 0874, NT
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A stark lack of public transport options defines daily travel in postcode 0874, where there are no official transit stops or routes. This makes the 11.7% of homes without a motor vehicle especially vulnerable in an area where most people rely on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This has risen by 5.5 percentage points since 2016, though most households still own at least one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 0874, NT, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 29%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is 9.2%, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 2.2%. In contrast, working from home is very rare here at 1.1%, far below the 21% seen across Australia.
1.1% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.2% —
Higher than 97% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
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 stops or routes in the area. This means access to services is far below the Northern Territory average, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of postcode 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 postcode 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 postcode 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 postcode 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 the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge for residents, with a typical walk of 72 minutes, among the highest times for any similar area.
72
Higher than 93% of postcode 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 0874, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0874/0874-nt/topic/transport