23.5% ▲ +24.4%
Higher than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tennant Creek · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Tennant Creek
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly one in four homes in Tennant Creek have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This high rate of vehicle-free households is a standout feature for the area, as the number of homes without a car rose to 23.5% since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 23.5% of households have no car, a figure far above the Northern Territory's 11.1%. For those who do own vehicles, the most common arrangement is having just one car, seen in 43.5% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tennant Creek, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by No vehicle (24%) and 2 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 61.5% of people, while 13% walk. Very few people work from home at 2.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
2.7% ▲ +46.8%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 0.0, which is far below the Northern Territory's 505.8.
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
0.0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
0
Lower than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Tennant Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702021056/tennant-creek/topic/transport