20.5% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Kakadu · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Kakadu
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
One in five homes in Kakadu has no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Australian average. This lack of transport options is a key feature of the area, where most people rely on cars or walking to get around. The region remains very isolated from public transport networks.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 20.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1% and far above the national average. Half of all households own just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Kakadu, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (24%) and No vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work for 29.9% of people, while only 5.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure. No one here uses public transport to commute.
5.2% ▲ +35.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Northern Territory figure.
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 Kakadu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70140/kakadu/topic/transport