10.2% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Wellington · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Wellington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Wellington stands out from similar areas for its high rate of car-free homes and public transport use. While 10.2% of households have no motor vehicle, most residents still rely on cars to get around. This transport mix is quite different from the typical patterns seen in other regional towns.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 10.2% of homes in Wellington have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas, though this is a slight drop from 2011. For those who do own cars, 45.3% of homes have one vehicle and 30.8% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Wellington, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 5.9% of workers doing so—a figure far below the national level. Most people drive, with 64.1% as the driver and 8.7% as a passenger, while 2.1% use public transport, which is much higher than in similar areas.
5.9% ▲ +108.8%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
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 Wellington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115155/wellington/topic/transport