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50,000 to 99,999 · Section of State Range

Transport & Vehicles in 50,000 to 99,999

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

Only 5.9% of people in 50,000 to 99,999 work from home, a figure that is far below the national average. Most residents rely on private cars for their daily travel. While the number of households without a car has fallen since 2011, this area still has a higher rate of car-free homes than most similar places.

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📍 50,000 to 99,999, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 7.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a decrease from 2011, when 10.4% of households were without a vehicle.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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7.7% ▼ -26.6%

Higher than 80% of section of state range areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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50,000 to 99,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

1 vehicle 39.0% 2 vehicles 34.7% 3 vehicles 12.2% No vehicle 7.7% 4 or more 6.4%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 67.4% of people as the driver. Public transport use is a little below the national figure at 1.5%, while the proportion of people working from home is far below the Australian average of 21%.

People working from home

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5.9% ▲ +109.2%

Lower than 72% of section of state range areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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1.5% ▼ -6.7%

Higher than 58% 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.

How people get to work

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In 50,000 to 99,999, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Car (passenger) is next at 7%.

Car (driver) 67.4% Car (passenger) 6.0% Worked at home 5.9% Walked 4.3% Bus 1.5% Bicycle 0.6% Train 0.0%

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 50,000 to 99,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR611/50-000-to-99-999/topic/transport