Richmond North · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Richmond North

Name: Transport & Vehicles in Richmond North — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far more people work from home in Richmond North than in most similar areas, with 25.6% of the workforce doing so. This shift is part of a larger trend where home working rose by 22 percentage points since 2011. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, and very few use public transport.

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📍 Richmond North, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are common here, as only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This reflects a downward trend from 2011, with 40% of households now owning two vehicles.

Motor vehicles per home

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Richmond North splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

2 vehicles 40.0% 1 vehicle 36.1% 3 vehicles 12.9% 4 or more 7.0% No vehicle 4.1%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 25.6% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average of 21%. Very few people use public transport, with only 0.4% commuting this way, which is a little below the state and national figures.

How people get to work

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In Richmond North, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Car (driver) 52.6% Worked at home 25.6% Car (passenger) 3.2% Walked 0.9% Train 0.4%

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 Richmond North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114026/richmond-north/topic/transport