36.5% ▼ -18.9%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 44.9%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Arnhem · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Arnhem
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars is the biggest change in Arnhem since 2011, though 36.5% of households still lack a motor vehicle. This is far above the Northern Territory and national figures, highlighting a significant gap in vehicle ownership for the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 36.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the national figure of 7.4%. Meanwhile, 33.3% of households have one vehicle, and 23% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Arnhem splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 2 vehicles at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice here, with 29.4% of workers doing so, while 37% drive. Only 3.4% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
3.4% ▲ +79.1%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -28.5%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.8%
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.
Public transport is non-existent in Arnhem, with zero stops and routes. This puts the area among the lowest for transit access, far below the Northern Territory average of 3.3 stops per 1,000 people.
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Arnhem [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70003/arnhem/topic/transport