Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range

Transport & Vehicles in Remainder of State/Territory

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

More than half of workers in the Remainder of State/Territory drive themselves to work, with 58.4% using a car. This is an area where owning a vehicle is almost essential, as only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle.

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📍 Remainder of State/Territory, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here has a car, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%. Most households own multiple vehicles, with 39.3% having two and 16.8% owning four or more.

1.5% ▼ -28.9%

Lower than 94% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 17.3% since 2011, though this remains well below the Australian figure of 21.0%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.9%, which is lower than most other areas.

17.3% ▲ +27.5%

Higher than 88% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 13.5%
  • 2016: 13.2%
  • 2021: 17.3%

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

0.9% ▼ -33.0%

Lower than 63% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Remainder of State/Territory, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR331/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/transport