17.8% ▲ +807.4%
Higher than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Namatjira · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Namatjira
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 18% of homes in Namatjira have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the Australian average. This lack of private transport is reflected in the area's very limited public transit options. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though a small number walk to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The number of homes without a car rose 16 percentage points since 2011 to reach 17.8%. This is well above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1% and far above the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Namatjira, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 37%, followed by 2 vehicles (27%) and No vehicle (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 62.7% as the driver. Very few people work from home at 3.9%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
3.9% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 96% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.2% ▲ +77.5%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 scarce here, with only 7 routes and 31 stops. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the Northern Territory figure, and the number of stops is much lower than most areas.
31
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.01
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).
138.3
Lower than 88% 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).
7
Lower than 90% 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 Namatjira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70019/namatjira/topic/transport