Howlong · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Howlong

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

More than 71% of people in Howlong drive themselves to work, highlighting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. Most households have at least one vehicle, and the proportion of homes without a car has dropped since 2011.

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📍 Howlong, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes in Howlong lack a motor vehicle, at just 3.2%, which is well below the national figure. This is a downward trend from 7.6% in 2011, with 42.2% of households now owning two vehicles.

3.2% ▼ -57.6%

Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.6%
  • 2016: 1.9%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Howlong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport is not used for commuting here, with 0.0% of workers using it. While working from home rose slightly to 6.8% since 2011, this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.

6.8% ▲ +20.1%

Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.6%
  • 2016: 1.4%
  • 2021: 6.8%

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: 0.6%
  • 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 Howlong, Car (driver) is the majority at 84%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 Howlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115083/howlong/topic/transport