1.6% ▼ -35.3%
Lower than 98% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Litchfield · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Litchfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.6% of households in Litchfield lack a motor vehicle, a figure well below both the Northern Territory and national rates. This heavy reliance on cars is a defining feature for the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on personal transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 37.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.8% owning four or more. The number of households without a car fell to 1.6% in 2021, which is among the lowest for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Litchfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, and only 1.0% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures. While working from home rose to 6.3% since 2011, this remains far below the national rate of 21.0%.
6.3% ▲ +29.7%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Litchfield has 4.58 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the Northern Territory average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
96
Lower than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.58
Higher than 53% 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).
171.8
Lower than 74% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city takes longer than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 39 minutes.
39
Higher than 60% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Litchfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70103/litchfield/topic/transport