20.8% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ghan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ghan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A stark contrast in transport options defines Ghan, where 20.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This sparsely populated area shows an unusual mix of very high vehicle ownership for some and a total lack of public transport for all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
One in five homes has no vehicle, which is well above the Northern Territory figure. However, others are heavily equipped, with 25% of households owning four or more motor vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ghan splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (30%) and No vehicle (25%), with 1 vehicle at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.9% of people doing so, which is far above the Territory average. Walking is the most popular way to get to work at 46.9%.
30.9% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 the area. This means the number of weekly departures is far below the Northern Territory figure.
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 Ghan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70108/ghan/topic/transport