5.2% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
500 or more · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 500 or more
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in 500 or more compared to the national figure. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, with 5.2% of homes having no motor vehicle. This pattern of transport use has remained steady over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 38% of households own two vehicles, while 33% have just one. The number of homes without any motor vehicle is 5.2%, which is a little below the Australian figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 500 or more, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 64.3% of people as the driver. Only 8.4% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and just 1% use public transport.
8.4% ▲ +68.8%
Higher than 51% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 60% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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 500 or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR321/500-or-more/topic/transport