6.0% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jabiru · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jabiru
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap exists between Jabiru and the rest of the country regarding how people get around, especially with working from home being far less common. While most residents rely on cars, the town is very sparsely served by public transport. This reliance on private travel is a defining feature of the local transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 54.4% owning a single vehicle. Only 6.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Northern Territory figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jabiru, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Car travel dominates the morning trip, as 61.0% of people drive to work. Working from home is very rare at 1.5%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
1.5% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -87.4%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is almost non-existent in Jabiru, with zero routes or stops. This puts the area far below the Northern Territory average for transport access.
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 Jabiru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70136/jabiru/topic/transport