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.
Other Urban · Section of State
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Other Urban splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
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.
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.
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/SOS31/other-urban/topic/transport