Weddell · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Weddell

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

Every single home in Weddell has at least one motor vehicle, making it much more car-dependent than the typical Northern Territory or Australian household. This reliance on private transport is clear, as the area has no public transport stops or routes.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households are well equipped for travel, with 76% of homes owning two or more vehicles. This is reflected in the fact that 0% of homes are without a car, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Weddell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.1% of residents, while 11.4% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the Northern Territory average, though it remains well below the national figure.

11.4%

Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 11.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Weddell, 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.

Public transport is non-existent here, with zero stops or routes available. This means no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the Northern Territory average.

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.

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).

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Weddell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70283/weddell/topic/transport