3.2% ▼ -42.8%
Lower than 83% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Far fewer homes in 500 or more lack a car than they did in 2011, reflecting a strong reliance on private transport. This area is now much less likely to be car-free than most other similar places, with only 3.2% of households without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 39.6% own two. The share of households with no vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 500 or more, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.4% of people. Those working from home rose to 8.2% since 2011, though this remains far below the Australian average of 21.0%.
8.2% ▲ +83.1%
Lower than 51% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
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/SOSR621/500-or-more/topic/transport