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.
5,000 to 9,999 · Section of State Range
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5,000 to 9,999 splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
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.
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.
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.
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