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.

Over half of the workforce in the Remainder of State/Territory rely on driving their own car to get to work. This vast area is heavily dependent on private transport, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle.

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📍 Remainder of State/Territory, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.1% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 79.1% owning two or more vehicles.

2.1% ▼ -23.2%

Lower than 91% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 2.1%

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 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 15.2% of the workforce, though this is well below the Australian average of 21.0%. Public transport use is about the same as the national figure at 3.1%, despite falling since 2011.

15.2% ▲ +12.4%

Higher than 83% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 13.6%
  • 2016: 12.8%
  • 2021: 15.2%

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

3.1% ▼ -49.9%

Higher than 76% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 3.1%

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 65%; Worked at home is next at 19%.

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/SOSR531/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/transport