39.4% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 37.7%
- 2016: 40.1%
- 2021: 39.4%
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.
Nearly 40% of homes in 499 or less have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest proportions for any similar area. This lack of car ownership is far above the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 40% of households have no vehicle, a figure that rose slightly since 2011. The remaining homes typically have one car, with 35.9% of households owning just one.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →499 or less splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 2 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work for 39.1% of residents. Very few people work from home at 2.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
2.7% ▲ +22.4%
Lower than 94% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 62% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.8%
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/SOSR722/499-or-less/topic/transport