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Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area

Transport & Vehicles in Very Remote Australia

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

Fewer homes without cars and more people working from home mark the shifting transport trends across Very Remote Australia. While 13.9% of households still lack a motor vehicle, this is well above the national figure of 7.4%. The region relies heavily on private transport and remote work to bridge its vast distances.

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📍 Very Remote Australia, Remoteness Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 13.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and has fallen slightly since 2011. For those with transport, 37.9% of households have one vehicle, while 21% own three or more.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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13.9% ▼ -13.8%

Higher than 89% of remoteness area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Very Remote Australia, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (14%).

1 vehicle 37.9% 2 vehicles 27.4% No vehicle 13.9% 3 vehicles 11.3% 4 or more 9.7%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here at 17.1%, though this is well below the 21.0% national figure. Public transport is rarely used for commuting, with only 0.3% of workers using it, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.

People working from home

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17.1% ▲ +23.1%

Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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0.3% ▼ -59.4%

Lower than 86% of remoteness area areas.

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 Very Remote Australia, Car (driver) is the majority at 54%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

Car (driver) 45.5% Worked at home 17.1% Walked 14.7% Car (passenger) 5.2% Bicycle 2.2% Bus 0.3%

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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA14/very-remote-australia/topic/transport