7.5% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 79% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 7.5%
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.
Only 5.3% of people working in 500 or more work from home, a figure far below the national average. This area relies heavily on traditional travel for employment, with most residents commuting by car. While car use is dominant, the area also shows a higher tendency for some homes to have no vehicle compared to similar regions.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is having two vehicles, which applies to 35.9% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →500 or more splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.1% of residents, while very few people work from home. Public transport use is at 3.0%, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the national figure.
5.3% ▲ +48.8%
Lower than 77% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -12.3%
Higher than 75% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
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/SOSR521/500-or-more/topic/transport