4.5% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southport · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Southport
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the only way to get around in Southport (NT), where no one uses public transport to get to work. With 45.5% of homes owning two vehicles and zero public transport stops in the area, residents rely entirely on their own wheels for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 13.6% owning four or more vehicles. Only 4.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Southport, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 4 or more (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.3% of residents, while 8.4% work from home. This is far below the national figure for working from home, and no one here uses public transport for their commute.
8.4% —
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures and the number of people who can reach destinations by transit are both zero, which is far below 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
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).
More for Southport
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Southport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70242/southport/topic/transport