Sale · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Sale

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

More people in Sale have gone without a car since 2011, though the town remains heavily reliant on driving. Only 0.3% of workers now use public transport to get to their jobs, a figure that has fallen since the last census.

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📍 Sale, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 7% of homes in Sale have no motor vehicle, which is a rise from 3.2% in 2011. Most households own one or two cars, with 39.9% having one and 37.6% having two.

7.0% ▲ +118.6%

Higher than 70% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 7.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Sale splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get around, with 65.7% of workers being the driver. Those working from home rose to 9.4% by 2021, but this is still far below the national figure of 21%.

9.4% ▲ +50.6%

Higher than 57% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 9.4%

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

0.3% ▼ -79.5%

Lower than 77% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Sale, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 11%.

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 Sale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2015/sale/topic/transport