15.0% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alice Springs · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Alice Springs
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More homes in Alice Springs are without a car than in 2011, with 15% of households now lacking a motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure and the Northern Territory average. While most residents rely on cars, very few people work from home or use public transport compared to the rest of Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. For those who do own cars, 38.1% have one vehicle and 30% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alice Springs, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by 2 vehicles (30%) and No vehicle (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 3.3% of people doing so. Most workers drive, while 10.4% walk and only 1.8% use public transport, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
3.3% ▲ +26.5%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -42.9%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 limited, with only 8 routes and 99 stops. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Northern Territory figure, and the number of stops per person is much lower than most areas.
99
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.71
Lower than 78% 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).
153.0
Lower than 76% 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).
8
Lower than 84% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Alice Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/70201/alice-springs/topic/transport