Stapleton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Stapleton

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Almost every home in Stapleton has a car, making it more reliant on private vehicles than many similar areas. While there is no public transport available, some residents work from home. This reflects a remote layout where cars are the only practical way to get around.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home here has a motor vehicle, which is far below the Northern Territory rate of 11.1% for homes without one. Most households own one or three vehicles, with 28.6% owning three.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Stapleton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (32%) and 2 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the main way to get to work for 64.5% of people. While 12.9% work from home—well above the Northern Territory figure of 4.2%—no one here uses public transport to commute.

How people get to work

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In Stapleton, Car (driver) is the majority at 83%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

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 puts Stapleton far below the Northern Territory average of 3.3 stops per 1,000 people.

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Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

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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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Stapleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70243/stapleton/topic/transport