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.

Private cars are the dominant way of getting around in 5,000 to 9,999, with very few households lacking a vehicle. Only 5.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, making this area less reliant on other transport options than the national average.

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📍 5,000 to 9,999, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own multiple cars, with 38.6% having two and 14.3% having three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen since 2011 and is now a little below the Australian figure of 7.4%.

5.0% ▼ -32.0%

Lower than 60% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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5,000 to 9,999 splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.6% of people as the driver. Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, though the 7.5% who do so has risen since 2011.

7.5% ▲ +111.6%

Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.8%
  • 2021: 7.5%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.3% ▼ -36.9%

Higher than 50% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 1.6%
  • 2021: 1.3%

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 5,000 to 9,999, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

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/SOSR314/5-000-to-9-999/topic/transport