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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 drop in the number of households without a car has shaped travel in Remainder of State/Territory since 2011. Only 2.5% of homes now lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This shift reflects a strong reliance on private cars for daily movement across the region.

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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 very high here, with 40.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 16.3% owning three. This explains why the proportion of homes with no vehicle has plummeted from 20.8% in 2011 to just 2.5% today.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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2.5% ▼ -88.1%

Lower than 89% of section of state range areas.

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 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

2 vehicles 40.4% 1 vehicle 34.0% 3 vehicles 16.3% 4 or more 5.9% No vehicle 2.5%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 65.3% as the sole driver. While 4.0% of workers use public transport—a figure much higher than in similar areas—this has fallen sharply from 20.0% in 2011, and the 7.6% who work from home is far below the national average.

People working from home

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7.6% ▲ +14.0%

Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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4.0% ▼ -80.2%

Higher than 82% of section of state range areas.

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 77%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Car (driver) 65.3% Worked at home 7.6% Car (passenger) 4.3% Bus 4.0% Walked 4.0%

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/SOSR931/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/transport