9.0% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
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.
Nearly 46% of people in 1 million or more drive themselves to work, making the car the most common way to get around. While most homes have a vehicle, a significant number of people now work from home, a trend that has grown rapidly over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure of 7.4%. Most households keep one or two cars, though this car-free rate has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →1 million or more splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 29.5%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21.0% and represents a huge 26 point jump since 2011. Meanwhile, public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas, though it has fallen from 9.9% to 3.7% over the last ten years.
29.5% ▲ +731.6%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% ▼ -62.8%
Higher than 80% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR201/1-million-or-more/topic/transport