Hermannsburg · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Hermannsburg

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

Almost half of all homes in Hermannsburg lack a motor vehicle, a figure far above the national and state averages. This means many residents rely on other ways to get around, with a large number of people simply walking to their jobs.

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📍 Hermannsburg, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 42.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rate for similar areas. Most households that do have a car own just one, while only 7.5% have two vehicles.

42.5% ▲ +88.7%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 22.5%
  • 2016: 49.5%
  • 2021: 42.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Hermannsburg splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and No vehicle (43%), with 2 vehicles at 8%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the most common way to get to work at 43.8%, while 36.5% drive. Use of public transport to get to work is 5.2%, which is well above both the Northern Territory and Australian figures.

7.3% ▲ —

Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 7.3%

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

5.2% ▲ +261.1%

Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 5.2%

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 Hermannsburg, the largest group is Walked at 45%, followed by Car (driver) (37%) and Worked at home (7%).

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 access to services is far below the Northern Territory average, where there are usually 3.3 stops 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 Hermannsburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70124/hermannsburg/topic/transport