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1 million or more · Section of State Range

Transport & Vehicles in 1 million or more

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

A far higher proportion of people work from home in 1 million or more compared to the national figure. This area is marked by a shift toward flexible work and a higher-than-average number of households without cars. About 40% of the workforce now works from home, a massive increase from previous years.

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📍 1 million or more, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Around 11.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the Australian figure of 7.4% and among the highest for similar areas. While 40.7% of households have one car, this carless rate has fallen slightly since 2011.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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11.9% ▼ -8.6%

Higher than 88% of section of state range areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 1 million or more, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (12%).

1 vehicle 40.7% 2 vehicles 32.4% No vehicle 11.9% 3 vehicles 9.7% 4 or more 5.3%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has surged to 40.2%, which is far above the national figure and among the highest at this level. Public transport use for work is much higher than in most areas, though it has fallen sharply from 15.9% in 2011 to 4.1%.

People working from home

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40.2% ▲ +973.1%

Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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4.1% ▼ -74.4%

Higher than 82% of section of state range 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.

How people get to work

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In 1 million or more, the largest group is Worked at home at 49%, followed by Car (driver) (40%) and Train (3%).

Worked at home 40.2% Car (driver) 32.7% Train 2.7% Car (passenger) 2.6% Walked 2.4% Bus 1.3% Bicycle 0.4%

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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR101/1-million-or-more/topic/transport