1.9% ▲ +71.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rosebery · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rosebery
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops than most similar areas serve Rosebery, though cars remain the dominant way to get around. Only 1.9% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. While transit options are plentiful, the typical trip to the city takes 76 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Rosebery has a car, with 45.8% owning two vehicles and 16.6% owning three. Only 1.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below both the Northern Territory and Australian averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rosebery, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 73.9% of people as the driver. Very few residents work from home at 2.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
2.9% ▲ +67.4%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -32.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
The area is well served by 17 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is among the largest at this level. Weekly bus departures are a little above the Northern Territory figure, though the 76-minute trip to the city is much higher than most areas.
17
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.12
Higher than 74% 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).
590.0
Higher than 80% 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,646
Higher than 58% 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).
26,219
Higher than 53% 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).
76
Higher than 83% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is very quick, taking just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70234/rosebery/topic/transport