20,000 to 49,999 · Section of State Range

Transport & Vehicles in 20,000 to 49,999

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

A massive 17 percentage point gap separates this area from the national average for working from home. 20,000 to 49,999 relies heavily on private cars, with very few people using public transport or remote work options to get to their jobs.

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📍 20,000 to 49,999, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, as only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is lower than most similar areas and the national figure. Most households own one or two vehicles, while 7.2% have four or more.

5.0% ▼ -15.9%

Lower than 61% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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20,000 to 49,999 splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is dominated by driving, with 69.5% of people as the driver and 6.3% as a passenger. Only 4.1% of the workforce works from home, a figure far below the Australian average of 21%.

4.1% ▲ +42.8%

Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 4.1%

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

1.4% ▼ -16.1%

Higher than 56% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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 20,000 to 49,999, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

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 20,000 to 49,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR512/20-000-to-49-999/topic/transport