4.1% ▼ -29.2%
Lower than 73% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North East · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in North East
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in North East compared to the rest of the state or country. This is a region where most households rely on their own cars, with only 4.1% of homes having no motor vehicle. It is an area where private travel is the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have more than one car, and the 4.1% of households without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This is a downward trend, as the share of car-less homes fell by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →North East splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (32%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 67% of people using a car as the driver. Only 0.5% of workers commute by public transport, which is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.
9.8% ▲ +33.6%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 access is very limited, with only 3.33 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the Tasmania figure of 6.13. Weekly departures are also much lower than most areas, and all available services are buses.
132
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.33
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
105.1
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
16
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) 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 North East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/60203/north-east/topic/transport