Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range

Transport & Vehicles in Remainder of State/Territory

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A huge gap exists between the Remainder of State/Territory and the rest of the country, with virtually no one relying on public transport. This area is almost entirely dependent on cars, as not a single home is recorded without a motor vehicle.

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📍 Remainder of State/Territory, Section of State Range

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is nearly universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have multiple cars, with 28.4% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Remainder of State/Territory, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 4 or more (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is not used for commuting here, which is much lower than the 3.1% national average. While 17.6% of people now work from home—an increase of 7.1 percentage points since 2011—most still rely on driving, with 44.9% commuting as a driver.

17.6% ▲ +67.3%

Higher than 88% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 10.5%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 17.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Remainder of State/Territory, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR831/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/transport