6.8% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 70% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
20,000 to 49,999 · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 20,000 to 49,999
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge gap exists between 20,000 to 49,999 and the national average for working from home, with only 12.2% of people doing so. This area relies heavily on cars for travel, while public transport is almost never used for commuting. Most homes here have at least one motor vehicle to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. This is a drop from 2011, when 9.8% of households had no car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →20,000 to 49,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone avoids public transport, with only 0.5% using it to get to work. While the number of people working from home rose 8.8 points since 2011 to reach 12.2%, this is still well below the national figure of 21%.
12.2% ▲ +257.6%
Higher than 69% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -57.7%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR112/20-000-to-49-999/topic/transport