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Transport & Vehicles in 1 million or more

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

Working from home has surged in 1 million or more, with 17.7% of people now doing so. While most residents still rely on cars, a significant number have shifted their commute habits over the last decade. The area's transport patterns reflect a mix of high car ownership and a strong, though declining, use of public transport.

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📍 1 million or more, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, with 37.8% owning two. Around 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but has fallen by 1.6 percentage points since 2011.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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6.7% ▼ -19.2%

Higher than 69% of section of state range areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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1 million or more splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

2 vehicles 37.8% 1 vehicle 37.0% 3 vehicles 12.1% No vehicle 6.7% 4 or more 6.4%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of the workforce drive to work, but 17.7% now work from home, a huge increase of 14 percentage points since 2011. Public transport use by 5.0% of workers is much higher than in similar areas, though this is down from 10.0% in 2011.

People working from home

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17.7% ▲ +371.4%

Higher than 88% 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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5.0% ▼ -50.4%

Higher than 88% 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, Car (driver) is the majority at 65%; Worked at home is next at 21%.

Car (driver) 54.5% Worked at home 17.7% Car (passenger) 4.1% Bus 2.7% Walked 2.2% Train 2.2% Bicycle 0.8%

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/SOSR301/1-million-or-more/topic/transport