45.9% ▲ +109.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.9%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Burt Plain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Burt Plain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on private transport has remained a challenge in Burt Plain, where nearly half of all homes lack a motor vehicle. This is far above the Northern Territory figure, leaving many residents without the most common way to get around. With no public transport options available, mobility here depends heavily on personal cars or walking.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 46% of homes in Burt Plain have no motor vehicle, which is far above the 11.1% seen across the Northern Territory. Only 19.7% of households have a single vehicle, and just 13.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Burt Plain, No vehicle is the majority at 55%; 1 vehicle is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, though 13.3% of people work from home, which is well above the territory average. Other common ways to commute include driving (33.3%) or walking (20%).
13.3% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
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.
Public transport is non-existent here, with zero routes, stops, or departures. This is far below the Northern Territory average of 3.3 stops per 1,000 people.
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 Burt Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70045/burt-plain/topic/transport