0885, NT · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 0885, NT

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Reliance on private cars is the norm for daily life in postcode 0885. While a few people use public transport to get to work, there are no actual bus stops or transit routes located within the area's small boundaries.

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📍 0885, NT, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own at least one car, with 41.8% having one and 39.9% having two. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.

5.6% ▼ -37.6%

Higher than 68% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 7.6%
  • 2021: 5.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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0885, NT splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and very few work from home at 2.9%, which is far below the national figure. Interestingly, 6.0% use public transport to commute, a rate well above the Northern Territory average.

2.9% ▲ +30.4%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 2.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

6.0% ▼ -30.6%

Higher than 90% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 6.5%
  • 2021: 6.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In 0885, NT, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Walked is next at 11%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Despite some people commuting via transit, there are no public transport stops or routes inside the area. This puts the area far below the Northern Territory average for transit access.

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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).

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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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 0885, NT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA0885/0885-nt/topic/transport