32.5% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 98% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 34.7%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
A striking 32.5% of homes in 500 or more have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure of 7.4%. This lack of car ownership is among the highest for similar areas. The region relies heavily on walking and public transport for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About one third of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that rose by 2.8 points since 2011. For those who do own cars, 37.9% have just one vehicle, while 19.2% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 500 or more, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 38%, followed by No vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice for 26.7% of workers, and 3.3% use public transport, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 2.3% of people work from home, a rate far below the national figure of 21.0%.
2.3% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 96% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.3% ▼ -25.4%
Higher than 77% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
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/SOSR721/500-or-more/topic/transport