Frederickton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Frederickton

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

Fewer homes are without a car in Frederickton than they were in 2011. Most residents rely heavily on private vehicles to get around, as public transport is not used for commuting. The area is overwhelmingly car-dependent, with 72.3% of workers driving themselves to their jobs.

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📍 Frederickton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost 43% of homes have one vehicle, while 29.2% have two. Only 6.4% of households live without a motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but has fallen since 2011.

6.4% ▼ -31.6%

Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.3%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 6.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Frederickton, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here at 4.8%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a trend that has remained unchanged since 2011.

4.8% ▼ -9.8%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.3%
  • 2016: 6.7%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Frederickton, Car (driver) is the majority at 88%; Worked at home is next at 6%.

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 Frederickton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115061/frederickton/topic/transport