5.6% ▼ -52.0%
Higher than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blain · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Blain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 73% of workers in Blain drive themselves to work, showing a heavy reliance on cars. Most homes here own multiple vehicles, and very few people use public transport or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, and 41.4% have two. The proportion of homes with no motor vehicle is just 5.6%, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.5%, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Those working from home make up 3.3% of the workforce, which is far below the Australian average of 21%.
3.3% ▲ +140.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -58.3%
Lower than 66% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 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.
Public transport options are limited, with only 26 stops and 10 routes, all served by buses. There are 2.99 stops per 1,000 people, which is much lower than most similar areas.
26
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.99
Lower than 81% 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).
470.5
Lower than 71% 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).
10
Lower than 86% 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 Blain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70005/blain/topic/transport