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Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area

Transport & Vehicles in Outer Regional Australia

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

Daily life in Outer Regional Australia relies heavily on private cars, with only 0.4% of people using public transport to get to work. This dependence is reflected in the high number of vehicles per home, as very few households manage without a car.

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📍 Outer Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Fewer homes are without a car than in most other areas, with only 4.8% of households having no vehicle. Most homes own at least two vehicles, and the number of households without a car has fallen since 2011.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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4.8% ▼ -27.2%

Lower than 72% of remoteness area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Outer Regional Australia, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).

2 vehicles 37.4% 1 vehicle 32.2% 3 vehicles 15.4% 4 or more 10.1% No vehicle 4.8%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.3% of people, while public transport use is much lower than in most other areas. Working from home has risen to 13.2% since 2011, though this remains well below the national figure of 21.0%.

People working from home

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13.2% ▲ +32.4%

Higher than 71% 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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0.4% ▼ -37.6%

Lower than 82% 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 Outer Regional Australia, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Car (driver) 62.3% Worked at home 13.2% Walked 5.3% Car (passenger) 5.0% Bicycle 0.6% Bus 0.3% Train 0.0%

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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA22/outer-regional-australia/topic/transport