6.6% ▼ -33.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Gardens · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in The Gardens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 62% of workers in The Gardens drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. This suburb has exceptional access to public transport compared to other areas, with a very high number of bus services available to residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of homes have one vehicle and 34% have two. Only 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Northern Territory figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Gardens, 1 vehicle is the majority at 51%; 2 vehicles is next at 35%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 6.7% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure. While 1.7% use public transport to commute, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
6.7% ▲ +97.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 a major feature here, with 15 routes and 9.64 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the Northern Territory figure. Weekly departures are among the highest at this level, and the 32-minute trip to the city is much lower than in most areas.
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.
9.64
Higher than 87% 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).
1,902.2
Higher than 91% 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).
15
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
8,044
Higher than 55% 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).
34,214
Higher than 58% 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).
32
Lower than 91% 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 takes about 6 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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 The Gardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70254/the-gardens/topic/transport