Milton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Milton

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

Over half of the workforce in Milton drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes own multiple vehicles, a growing number of residents are now working from home. This shift is clear in the data, with a significant jump in remote work since 2011.

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📍 Milton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 40% of homes in Milton have two vehicles, and the proportion of households without a car has fallen to 5.3%. This is lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

5.3% ▼ -28.1%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 5.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Milton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose 14 points since 2011 to reach 17.3%, which is much higher than most similar areas. In contrast, public transport use is effectively non-existent at 0.0%, well below the national figure of 3.1%.

17.3% ▲ +383.1%

Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.6%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 2021: 17.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 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 Milton, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

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 Milton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115104/milton/topic/transport