34.3% ▲ +51.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 34.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yirrkala · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Yirrkala
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more households lack a car in Yirrkala than in other parts of the country, with 34.3% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is a massive gap compared to the national figure of 7.4%. The community relies heavily on walking and private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one third of homes have no vehicle, which is far above the Northern Territory rate of 11.1%. For those who do own cars, 43.3% have one vehicle and 26.1% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yirrkala, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by No vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work for 35.4% of people. Only 5% work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%.
5.0% ▲ +153.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.0% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 in the area. This puts the number of stops and departures far below the Northern Territory figures.
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 Yirrkala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70299/yirrkala/topic/transport