6.9% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 71% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
5,000 to 9,999 · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 5,000 to 9,999
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars since 2011 has seen 5,000 to 9,999 become more reliant on private transport. Most households now own at least one vehicle, and the vast majority of workers rely on cars to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. The number of car-free households has fallen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011, with 36.2% of homes now owning a single vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5,000 to 9,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 5.8%. Reliance on cars is high, with 70.5% of workers driving to work and only 1.4% using public transport.
5.8% ▲ +132.7%
Lower than 73% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 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.
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 5,000 to 9,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR614/5-000-to-9-999/topic/transport