2.6% ▼ -33.8%
Lower than 88% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
499 or less · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 499 or less
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.6% of homes in 499 or less have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This area relies heavily on cars for daily travel, with very few people using public transport or working from home compared to the rest of Australia.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 38.5% having two vehicles and 11.1% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a car has fallen since 2011 and is now much lower than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 499 or less, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 66.9% of residents, while only 0.5% use public transport. This is much lower than most areas, and the 9.0% who work from home is far below the national figure.
9.0% ▲ +63.0%
Higher than 56% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -53.9%
Lower than 84% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR622/499-or-less/topic/transport