Horsham · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Horsham

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

Reliance on cars is very high in Horsham, where almost 69% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. Public transport is rarely used for commuting, and most households own at least one vehicle. This makes private transport the primary way people get around the area.

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📍 Horsham, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Horsham have at least one car, with 37.7% owning two and 13.1% owning three. While 6.9% of households have no motor vehicle, this is a lower rate than in 2011.

6.9% ▼ -21.3%

Higher than 66% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 8.7%
  • 2016: 9.2%
  • 2021: 6.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Horsham splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.2%, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home rose to 8.2% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%.

8.2% ▲ +160.3%

Lower than 51% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 8.2%

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

0.2% ▼ -75.7%

Lower than 92% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Horsham, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2010/horsham/topic/transport