4.4% ▼ -54.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nhulunbuy · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Nhulunbuy
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one works from home in Nhulunbuy, with only 2.3% of the workforce doing so. This is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely heavily on private cars to get around the community.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common, as only 4.4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the figures for both the Northern Territory and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nhulunbuy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64% of people. Very few people use public transport (1.5%) or work from home (2.3%), the latter being among the lowest rates for similar areas.
2.3% ▲ +40.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -86.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 zero routes and stops. This means there are far fewer services than the Northern Territory average.
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 Nhulunbuy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70208/nhulunbuy/topic/transport