9.6% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Larapinta · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Larapinta
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Larapinta than across the rest of the country. While most households rely on cars, about 9.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 9.6% of households have no motor vehicle at all. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it remains a little below the Northern Territory average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Larapinta splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 73.6% being the driver and 7.6% a passenger. Only 1.2% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
1.2% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -64.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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.
Larapinta has more public transport stops and routes than about 79% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the Northern Territory figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.96
Higher than 69% 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).
123.7
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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is slower here than in most areas, with a typical 24-minute walk to the nearest one.
24
Higher than 62% 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)).
- 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 Larapinta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70158/larapinta/topic/transport