8.6% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 76% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.6%
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.
Far more people work from home in the Major Cities of Australia than in the rest of the country. While the national figure is 21.0%, nearly 28.5% of workers in these cities now work from home. This trend is part of a wider shift in how people move and travel for work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households have one or two cars, though the number of car-less homes has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Major Cities of Australia splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has surged by 25 points since 2011 to reach 28.5%, making it one of the most common choices here. In contrast, those using public transport for their commute have fallen to 3.5%.
28.5% ▲ +705.8%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -62.6%
Higher than 71% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
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/RA20/major-cities-of-australia/topic/transport