10.1% ▼ -40.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Katherine South · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Katherine South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Reliance on private cars has remained the norm in Katherine South, where almost no one uses public transport to get to work. Most households own at least one vehicle, though about 10% of homes have none at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.1% of homes in Katherine South have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. The most common setup is one vehicle per home, seen in 41.5% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Katherine South, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.3% of residents. Very few people work from home at 2.2%, a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
2.2% ▼ -7.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is virtually non-existent here, with no stops or routes available. This lack of access is far below the Northern Territory average for both stops and weekly departures.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Katherine South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70146/katherine-south/topic/transport