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.
Other Urban · Section of State
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Other Urban splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
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.
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.
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.
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