8.1% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
1 million or more · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 1 million or more
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use is among the highest for similar areas in 1 million or more, though most people still rely on cars. While 5.3% of workers use public transport, the vast majority of the population depends on private vehicles for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a slight improvement over 2011, when 10.2% of households lacked a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →1 million or more splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary choice for 63% of workers, while 9.5% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Public transport use is a little above the Australian average, though it has fallen from 7.1% since 2011.
9.5% ▲ +232.7%
Higher than 59% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 89% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
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 1 million or more [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR401/1-million-or-more/topic/transport