52.2% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 48.5%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Arafura · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Arafura
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of all homes in Arafura have no motor vehicle, which is a far higher share than across the Northern Territory. This makes the area stand out for its lack of private transport. Most people rely on walking or cars to get around, while public transport is almost non-existent.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 52.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is far above the national average and has risen since 2011. Only 11.1% of households have two cars, and just 1.3% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Arafura, No vehicle is the majority at 52%; 1 vehicle is next at 32%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work at 38.7%, while 31.4% drive themselves. Very few people work from home at 1.5%, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
1.5% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -66.2%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Arafura. This means there are zero weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the Northern Territory average.
0
Lower than 99% of state electorate 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 state electorate 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 state electorate 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 state electorate 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 Arafura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70001/arafura/topic/transport