64.2% ▲ +10.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
West Arnhem · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in West Arnhem
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 64.2% of homes in West Arnhem have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This means the majority of households rely on other ways to get around in a region where public transport is almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The number of homes without a car is far higher than in the rest of the Territory. Only 35.8% of households have a single vehicle, and none have two or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In West Arnhem, No vehicle is the majority at 64%; 1 vehicle is next at 36%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people here get to work on foot, with 68.4% walking. No one works from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 stops or routes in the area. This means access to transit 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 West Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70284/west-arnhem/topic/transport