Elliott · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Elliott

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A massive 31.3% of homes in Elliott have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national rate of 7.4%. This gap marks a distinct transport landscape where car ownership is much lower than usual. While some residents rely on vehicles, a significant number must find other ways to get around.

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📍 Elliott, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 31.3% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. For those who do own cars, 38.8% have just one vehicle, while 19.4% have two.

31.3% ▼ -30.6%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 45.2%
  • 2016: 40.6%
  • 2021: 31.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Elliott, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by No vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is a common choice for a third of workers, and 5.3% use public transport, which is well above the Northern Territory figure. No one in the area works from home, placing Elliott far below the national average of 21%.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

5.3% ▲ +29.8%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.3%

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.

How people get to work

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In Elliott, the largest group is Car (driver) at 44%, followed by Walked (35%) and Car (passenger) (15%).

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Northern Territory average of 505.8 per 1,000 people.

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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).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Elliott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70091/elliott/topic/transport