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Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area

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

Over half of workers in Not in any Significant Urban Area (ACT) drive themselves to work. This sparsely populated region relies heavily on private cars, with very few households lacking a motor vehicle compared to the rest of the territory.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here owns a car, with only 1.3% having no vehicle—a figure well below the territory and national averages. Most households are well-equipped, as 79.5% of homes have two or more vehicles.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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1.3% ▼ -64.4%

Lower than 99% of urban area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 4 or more (19%).

2 vehicles 41.0% 3 vehicles 20.2% 4 or more 18.3% 1 vehicle 18.0% No vehicle 1.3%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common for 15.5% of residents, which is well above the territory average. In contrast, only 1.0% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that is well below the national average and has fallen since 2011.

People working from home

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15.5% ▲ +99.1%

Higher than 82% of urban area areas.

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

Commuting by public transport

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1.0% ▼ -73.7%

Higher than 66% 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.

How people get to work

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Car (driver) 56.4% Worked at home 15.5% Walked 7.1% Car (passenger) 4.2% Bus 1.0% Bicycle 0.5%

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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/8000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/transport