38.6% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 99% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 38.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Victoria River · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Victoria River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of homes in Victoria River have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. In this vast area, daily travel relies heavily on walking or private cars, as there is virtually no public transport available to residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38.6% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%. While this trend fell slightly since 2011, the typical home now has either one vehicle (39%) or none at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Victoria River splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and No vehicle (38%), with 2 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work for 39% of residents, while 31.2% drive. Very few people use public transport (1.1%), and those working from home make up 8.9% of the workforce, which is well above the Territory average but far below the national figure.
8.9% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Victoria River. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, a result far below the Northern Territory average.
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 Victoria River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702051068/victoria-river/topic/transport