8.1% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 81% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
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.
Far more people use public transport to get to work in Major Urban than in most similar areas. While 63% of workers drive, the region shows a mix of travel habits and a growing trend toward remote work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of homes in Major Urban have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This figure has fallen 2.0 percentage points since 2011, with the most common setup being one or two cars per household.
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.
Public transport use for work is much higher here than in similar areas, though it fell 1.8 percentage points since 2011 to 5.3%. Meanwhile, working from home rose to 9.5%, which is still far below the national figure of 21%.
9.5% ▲ +232.7%
Lower than 51% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
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/SOS40/major-urban/topic/transport