0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eaton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eaton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High numbers of public transport services set Eaton apart from most similar areas. While the area has great access to bus routes, the typical resident still relies heavily on a car to get around. Every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Eaton lacks a motor vehicle, which is far below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%. Most households are well equipped, with 58.9% owning two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eaton, 2 vehicles is the majority at 60%; 1 vehicle is next at 35%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 62.7% of people, though 9.2% use a bicycle. Only 4.6% of residents work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
4.6% ▲ —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▲ +129.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 has a very high number of public transport stops and departures compared to the rest of the Territory. There are 5 bus routes and 17.61 stops per 1,000 people, placing Eaton among the highest for access at this level.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
17.61
Higher than 91% 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).
4,130.3
Higher 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).
5
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
23
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
23
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Despite the high number of services, it takes a typical resident about 53 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. This is much higher than most other areas.
53
Higher than 81% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Eaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70089/eaton/topic/transport