8.8% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Adelaide River · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Adelaide River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Adelaide River compared to the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians work from home, only 8.0% do so here, reflecting a local workforce that primarily relies on physical travel to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Adelaide River have one or two cars, though 8.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Adelaide River splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work here is mostly done by car or on foot, with 34% driving and 21% walking. No one in the area uses public transport for their commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.
8.0% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Adelaide River. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Northern Territory average of 505.8.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 suburb / locality 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 Adelaide River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70002/adelaide-river/topic/transport