8.7% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 86% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Major Urban · Section of State
Transport & Vehicles in Major Urban
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A much higher proportion of homes in Major Urban lack a motor vehicle compared to most similar areas. This gap is reflected in the way people get around, with a very high number of residents now working from home to avoid the daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little above the national figure of 7.4%. While this is much higher than most areas, the number has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Major Urban splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 28.5% of people doing so—a figure well above the national average and a huge jump from 3.5% in 2011. While 3.5% use public transport, which is higher than most similar areas, the most common way to get to work is still driving a car (46.8%).
28.5% ▲ +711.6%
Higher than 99% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▼ -63.8%
Higher than 68% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
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.
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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS20/major-urban/topic/transport