Other Urban · Section of State

Transport & Vehicles in Other Urban

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

A far lower share of workers in Other Urban work from home compared to the national figure. This area relies heavily on cars for travel, with only 1.2% of people using public transport to get to work.

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📍 Other Urban, Section of State

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, and the 6.0% of households without a vehicle is a little below the Australian average. This figure has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.

6.0% ▼ -27.0%

Higher than 58% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 8.2%
  • 2016: 6.8%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Other Urban splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 67.5% of residents. Only 6.3% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, though this has rose 3.0 percentage points since 2011.

6.3% ▲ +89.0%

Lower than 75% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 3.3%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 6.3%

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

1.2% ▼ -27.6%

Lower than 61% of section of state areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Other Urban, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 7%.

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/SOS31/other-urban/topic/transport