2.9% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Johnston · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Johnston
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained dominant in Johnston, where almost every home relies on a motor vehicle. While public transport options are surprisingly plentiful for the area, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost all households own a car, with only 2.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the Northern Territory and national figures, and the most common setup is two vehicles per home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Johnston, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 74.1% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 3.6%, a figure far below the national average.
3.6% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Johnston has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, yet it takes much longer than most places to reach the city by transit.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.35
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).
479.5
Higher than 78% 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).
13
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).
10,294
Lower than 58% 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).
77
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit point is quick, as the walk to the nearest stop takes only 2 minutes, which is much lower than in most other areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Johnston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70139/johnston/topic/transport