24.6% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Not in any Significant Urban Area · Urban Area
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly a quarter of all homes in Not in any Significant Urban Area (NT) have no motor vehicle, which is far more than the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the highest rate of vehicle-less households in the country.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 24.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that rose slightly since 2011. For those who do own cars, the most common situation is having one vehicle, though 25.3% of homes have two.
24.6% ▲ +7.0%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 33%, followed by 2 vehicles (25%) and No vehicle (25%).
How people travel to work.
Walking to work is common here at 19.1%, while only 5.3% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use is low at 1.8%, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
5.3% ▲ +36.1%
Lower than 74% of urban area areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% ▼ -45.1%
Higher than 86% of urban area 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/7000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/transport