15.7% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 91% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Very Remote Australia · Remoteness Area
Transport & Vehicles in Very Remote Australia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people in Very Remote Australia live without a car than in most other parts of the country. While 15.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a small number of households keep four or more. This mix of transport needs reflects the unique challenges of living in the most isolated regions.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This rate has barely changed since 2011, while 36.2% of households rely on a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Very Remote Australia, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for work is well above the Australian average at 9.6%, though this fell from 17.1% in 2011. Conversely, only 5.0% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
5.0% ▲ +50.1%
Lower than 87% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.6% ▼ -43.9%
Higher than 99% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 21.1%
- 2021: 9.6%
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 Very Remote Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA54/very-remote-australia/topic/transport