6.7% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 68% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
50,000 to 99,999 · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 50,000 to 99,999
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in 50,000 to 99,999 compared to similar areas. Most residents rely heavily on cars to get around, as only 1% of the workforce uses public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. Most households own one or two vehicles, though the share of car-less homes fell by 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →50,000 to 99,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much less common here than in other areas, with only 4.6% doing so compared to the national figure of 21%. This reliance on traditional workplaces is seen in the 71.2% who drive themselves to work, while public transport use remains very low at 1%.
4.6% ▲ +70.4%
Lower than 82% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 61% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 50,000 to 99,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR311/50-000-to-99-999/topic/transport