4,999 or less · Section of State Range

Transport & Vehicles in 4,999 or less

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

Typical transport habits in 4,999 or less sit around the middle of the pack compared to similar areas. Most households rely heavily on cars, with very few residents using public transport or working from home.

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📍 4,999 or less, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 37% of homes have two vehicles, and a further 21% have three or more. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.

5.7% ▼ -26.5%

Higher than 51% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 5.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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4,999 or less splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work, with 63.4% of people as the driver. Only 7.6% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, while public transport use is a little below the Australian average at 1.5%.

7.6% ▲ +95.8%

Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 4.0%
  • 2021: 7.6%

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

1.5% ▼ -17.2%

Higher than 58% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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 4,999 or less, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; 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 4,999 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR315/4-999-or-less/topic/transport