6.1% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
100,000 to 249,999 · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 100,000 to 249,999
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 4% of people in 100,000 to 249,999 work from home, a figure far below the national average. Most residents rely heavily on private cars for their daily travel and the vast majority of households own at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little lower than the Australian figure. Most households have one or two cars, with 39.7% owning two and 35.9% owning one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →100,000 to 249,999 splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 67.4% of people as the driver. Public transport use is higher than most similar areas at 2.5%, though this is still about the same as the national figure.
4.0% ▲ +79.0%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 72% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 100,000 to 249,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR703/100-000-to-249-999/topic/transport