17.0% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 94% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Other Urban · Section of State
Transport & Vehicles in Other Urban
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 17% of homes in Other Urban have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure of 7.4%. This makes the area one of the most likely places at this level to be without a car. Most residents rely on driving, though a small number use other methods to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 17% of households here do not own a car, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and has barely changed since 2011. For those who do have vehicles, the most common setup is a single car, found in 36.3% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Other Urban, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, with 61.7% as the driver and 8.4% as a passenger. Only 2.8% of people work from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21% and much lower than most other areas.
2.8% ▲ +39.5%
Lower than 93% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -58.7%
Lower than 55% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS71/other-urban/topic/transport