36.1% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 41.9%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 36.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elsey · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Elsey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes lack a car in Elsey than in most other areas. About 36.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than the national figure. This makes the area stand out for its low level of vehicle ownership compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
More than a third of homes have no motor vehicle, though this fell 5.8 percentage points since 2011. Around 33.6% of households have one car, while 21.7% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Elsey splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 2 vehicles at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 37.0%. While 11.0% work from home, which is far below the national figure, the 4.7% who use public transport is a little above the Australian average.
11.0% ▲ +62.6%
Lower than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▲ +561.8%
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 almost non-existent here, with no routes or stops in the area. This leaves Elsey 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).
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Elsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702051065/elsey/topic/transport