10.6% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 84% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Transport & Vehicles in Major Cities of Australia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in the Major Cities of Australia than in most similar areas, with 36.2% of the workforce doing so. This reflects a shift toward flexible working, while over 10% of households live without a car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and well above the national figure of 7.4%. This car-free rate has fallen slightly from 12.1% in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Major Cities of Australia, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and No vehicle (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 36.2% of people doing so, a far higher rate than the 21% national average. Meanwhile, those using public transport for work have fallen sharply from 13.2% in 2011 to just 3.4%.
36.2% ▲ +869.1%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 36.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -74.2%
Higher than 70% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA10/major-cities-of-australia/topic/transport