1.4% ▼ -48.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Humpty Doo · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Humpty Doo
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Humpty Doo than across the Northern Territory or Australia, with only 1.4% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored in the daily commute, where 72.1% of working residents drive themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here have multiple cars, with 79.5% owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the 11.1% seen across the Northern Territory.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Humpty Doo, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here at 5.7%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.9%.
5.7% ▲ +34.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -65.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
The area has 15 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is among the largest for its level. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Territory figure.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.48
Higher than 71% 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).
119.4
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).
8
Higher than 86% 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).
8,387
Lower than 61% 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 stop takes about 25 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Humpty Doo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70132/humpty-doo/topic/transport