Other Urban · Section of State

Transport & Vehicles in Other Urban

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

Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Other Urban, where just 0.5% of workers do so. This area relies heavily on private cars and a growing number of people working from home.

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📍 Other Urban, Section of State

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, and 37.1% have two. While 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle, this is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.

6.2% ▼ -31.8%

Higher than 61% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 9.0%
  • 2016: 7.1%
  • 2021: 6.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Other Urban splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.4% of people. Working from home has become more common, rising 8.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12.3%.

12.3% ▲ +228.2%

Higher than 63% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 12.3%

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

0.5% ▼ -53.1%

Lower than 83% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 0.5%

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.

How people get to work

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In Other Urban, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 15%.

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS11/other-urban/topic/transport