6.2% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 58% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5,000 to 9,999 · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 5,000 to 9,999
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way people move around 5,000 to 9,999, with 65% of workers driving themselves to their jobs. Very few residents rely on public transport, while more people have shifted toward working from home over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and the share without a vehicle fell to 6.2% since 2011. Around 37% of households have two vehicles, and 11% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5,000 to 9,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.6% of people use public transport for their commute, which is much lower than in most similar areas. Working from home has become more common, rising to 11.1% since 2011, though this is still well below the national figure of 21%.
11.1% ▲ +183.7%
Higher than 65% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -33.4%
Lower than 79% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 5,000 to 9,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR114/5-000-to-9-999/topic/transport