4.8% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Araluen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Most people in Araluen rely on cars for their daily travel, though the area has more public transport stops than most similar places. With 68.7% of workers driving themselves to work, private vehicles are the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 43% of households own two vehicles, and only 4.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the national figure and well below the Northern Territory average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Araluen, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 2.6% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most people drive, while a small 2.3% use public transport to get to work.
2.6% ▲ +20.2%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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.
The area is well served by 12 public transport stops and two routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Northern Territory average.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.49
Higher than 75% 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).
182.9
Higher than 72% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 17 minutes to walk to the nearest transport stop, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
17
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70015/araluen/topic/transport