5.7% ▼ -29.0%
Higher than 51% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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.
More than 62% of workers in 5,000 to 9,999 drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households rely on multiple vehicles, very few people use public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and down from 8% in 2011. Most households own one or two cars, while 11.8% have three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5,000 to 9,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.6% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. Working from home has risen sharply to 13.2% since 2011, though this remains well below the Australian average.
13.2% ▲ +305.9%
Higher than 74% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 80% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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/SOSR214/5-000-to-9-999/topic/transport