6.4% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 63% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
100,000 to 249,999 · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 100,000 to 249,999
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 13 point gap separates this area from the national figure for working from home, highlighting how few people in 100,000 to 249,999 skip the commute. With very low public transport use and a high reliance on cars, the region is heavily dependent on private vehicles for travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a higher proportion than most similar areas, despite the figure falling slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →100,000 to 249,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get to work, with 66.2% of people driving. Only 0.9% use public transport, which is lower than most similar areas, while 7.7% work from home.
7.7% ▲ +76.5%
Lower than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -45.7%
Lower than 66% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 100,000 to 249,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR303/100-000-to-249-999/topic/transport