5.3% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 55% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
Public transport use is among the highest for similar areas in 499 or less, where 9.0% of workers use it to get to their jobs. While most homes own several cars, a significant number of people also walk or cycle to work. This creates a mixed transport profile that differs sharply from the national trend.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 5.3% of homes in the area have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households have at least one car, with 35.1% owning two and 17.9% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In 499 or less, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The 9.0% of people using public transport is well above the Australian figure of 3.1%, though it has fallen since 2011. Conversely, only 5.0% of people work from home, which is far below the 21.0% seen across Australia.
5.0% ▲ +169.2%
Lower than 79% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.0% ▼ -32.4%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 13.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 9.0%
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.
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/SOSR922/499-or-less/topic/transport