4.9% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Casuarina · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Casuarina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Casuarina has a car, making the area highly dependent on private vehicles for daily travel. Only 4.9% of households live without a motor vehicle, which is well below the Northern Territory average. While public transport options are available, they serve a small minority of the population.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 42.2% of households owning two vehicles. The share of homes with no motor vehicle is lower than in most areas, falling slightly from 5.8% in 2011 to 4.9% in 2021.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Casuarina, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.3% of people commuting as a driver. Very few people work from home at 4.6%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
4.6% ▲ +85.9%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.1% ▼ -36.4%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 largely based on buses, and the area has far more weekly departures per 1,000 people than the Northern Territory average. With 5.7 stops per 1,000 people, transit access is higher than in most similar areas.
55
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.70
Higher than 73% 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).
1,681.0
Higher than 75% 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).
26
Lower than 51% 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 Casuarina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70008/casuarina/topic/transport