5.2% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4,999 or less · Section of State Range
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 63% of workers in 4,999 or less drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own multiple vehicles, very few people work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.1% owning two and 13.8% owning three. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is 5.2%, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
5.2% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 56% of section of state range areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
4,999 or less splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here; at 4.4%, this is far below the Australian figure of 21%. Public transport use is higher than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the national average at 3.0%.
4.4% ▲ +39.3%
Lower than 84% of section of state range areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 75% of section of state range areas.
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.
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/SOSR515/4-999-or-less/topic/transport