1.2% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Herbert · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Herbert
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes go without a car in Herbert than in the rest of the Territory. Almost every household owns at least one vehicle, with many families keeping several cars to get around. This heavy reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%. Most households are well-equipped, with 41.6% owning two vehicles and another 16.3% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Herbert, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 4 or more (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 74.5% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 4.1%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
4.1% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -43.6%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 almost non-existent here, with zero stops and zero routes serving the area. This is far below the Northern Territory average for stops and weekly departures.
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is very difficult in Herbert, as the typical walk takes 81 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for similar areas.
81
Higher than 97% 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).
More for Herbert
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Herbert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70123/herbert/topic/transport