8.5% ▼ -21.6%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alligator · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Alligator
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 104-minute drive to the city makes Alligator a very remote place where most people rely on their own cars. While 8.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, the vast majority of residents depend on private transport to get around this vast area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have at least one car, with 41.5% owning one and 33.2% owning two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is much higher than in most areas, though it fell 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alligator, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly half of workers drive themselves to work, while 13.6% walk. Very few people use public transport to commute, a figure that fell 3 percentage points since 2011 to just 1.6%.
8.1% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -64.6%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no routes or stops available. This puts Alligator far below the Northern Territory average for transport access.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is a slow process, as the typical drive time to the city is 104 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
104
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Alligator [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702031057/alligator/topic/transport