5.6% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 51% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
250,000 to 999,999 · Section of State Range
Transport & Vehicles in 250,000 to 999,999
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A gap of 10 percentage points separates 250,000 to 999,999 from the national figure for working from home. While most people here rely on cars, a growing number are shifting their work habits or using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 39% of homes have one vehicle and 38.7% have two. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →250,000 to 999,999 splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59% of people. Working from home rose to 10.9% since 2011, while the 4.6% who use public transport is much higher than in most similar areas.
10.9% ▲ +305.6%
Higher than 64% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.6% ▼ -19.4%
Higher than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 250,000 to 999,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR802/250-000-to-999-999/topic/transport