8.3% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gillen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gillen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Gillen compared to the national figure, with only 2.5% doing so. This highlights a local workforce that relies heavily on travelling to a physical workplace. While public transport options are more available here than in most similar areas, they remain a small part of the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.8% owning two and 34.2% owning one. About 8.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas, though this is a little below the Northern Territory figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gillen splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 68.9% of people as the driver and 8.7% as a passenger. Only 1.1% use public transport, which is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the state and national figures.
2.5% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -69.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Gillen has 12 public transport stops and 3 routes, making it larger than about 82% of similar areas. However, the 121.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Northern Territory figure of 505.8.
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.
2.69
Higher than 68% 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).
121.6
Higher than 71% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to public transport is easier here than in most similar areas, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is only 3 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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 Gillen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70109/gillen/topic/transport