8.9% ▼ -37.8%
Higher than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 14.3%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 8.9%
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.
Daily travel in 5,000 to 9,999 is heavily reliant on cars, with very few people using other options. While about 9% of homes have no motor vehicle, the vast majority of the population depends on driving for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national figure. This is a decrease from 2011, when 14.3% of homes lacked a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →5,000 to 9,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use is very low at 0.6%, which is much lower than most areas. This reliance on cars is further highlighted by the fact that only 3.2% of people work from home, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
3.2% ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 91% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -33.2%
Lower than 82% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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/SOSR714/5-000-to-9-999/topic/transport