28.9% ▼ -48.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Tiwi Islands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Tiwi Islands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households live without a car in the Tiwi Islands than in most other areas. Nearly 29% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This lack of transport is reflected in how people get to work and the complete absence of public transit options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 28.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, a rate far above both the Northern Territory and Australia. For those who do own transport, 52.6% of households have a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Tiwi Islands, 1 vehicle is the majority at 57%; No vehicle is next at 31%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work here, used by 47.1% of people. Working from home is much lower than most areas at 7.8%, though this is still well above the Northern Territory figure.
7.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 routes or stops available in the area. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, 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).
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 Tiwi Islands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70263/tiwi-islands/topic/transport