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Transport & Vehicles in Inner Regional Australia

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

Very few people get around without a car in Inner Regional Australia, where only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle. Private transport is the dominant way of life here, as the area has one of the lowest rates of car-free households at this level.

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📍 Inner Regional Australia, Remoteness Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes are well-equipped for travel, with 39.7% owning two vehicles and 10.1% owning four or more. This reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that households without a vehicle are far less common here than across Australia.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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3.3% ▼ -24.5%

Lower than 93% of remoteness area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Inner Regional Australia, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

2 vehicles 39.7% 1 vehicle 30.8% 3 vehicles 16.1% 4 or more 10.1% No vehicle 3.3%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.2% of people, while only 1.6% use public transport. Working from home is far less common here than the national figure, though it did rise slightly to 7.5% since 2011.

People working from home

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7.5% ▲ +36.1%

Lower than 73% 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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1.6% ▼ -34.8%

Lower than 54% 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 Inner Regional Australia, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Car (driver) 64.2% Worked at home 7.5% Car (passenger) 5.1% Walked 2.5% Bus 1.5% Bicycle 0.6% Train 0.1%

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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA51/inner-regional-australia/topic/transport