11.7% —
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
0875, NT · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 0875, NT
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 74% of working residents drive themselves to work in postcode 0875, making the car the primary way to get around. While most homes have one or two vehicles, around 12% of households live without any motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 11.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that has risen since 2016. This is about the same as the Northern Territory average but well above the Australian rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →0875, NT splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very rare here at just 1.2%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 0.9% of people use public transport for their commute, a small drop from 2016.
1.2% —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Higher than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 3.22 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is about the same as the Northern Territory. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
8
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.22
Lower than 55% 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).
137.8
Lower than 52% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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 a transport stop is more difficult here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 19 minutes to the nearest stop.
19
Higher than 61% 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 0875, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0875/0875-nt/topic/transport