Wanguri · State Electorate

Transport & Vehicles in Wanguri

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Much fewer households live without a car in Wanguri than in most similar areas. Almost every home here owns a vehicle, with nearly half of households owning two. This heavy reliance on cars is mirrored by very low rates of public transport use and few people working from home.

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📍 Wanguri, State Electorate

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%. This reflects a high level of car ownership, as 46.6% of households have two vehicles and 16.4% have three.

3.5% ▼ -20.0%

Lower than 78% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 4.4%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Wanguri, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here at 3.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely on cars to get to work, with 72.5% driving and only 1.8% using public transport.

3.7% ▲ +75.2%

Lower than 97% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 3.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.8% ▼ -23.3%

Lower than 60% of state electorate areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 1.8%

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.

How people get to work

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In Wanguri, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are limited, with only 34 stops and 11 routes, which are among the smallest totals for areas at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are also well below the Northern Territory figure.

3.46

Lower than 74% 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).

338.8

Lower than 77% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Wanguri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70025/wanguri/topic/transport