1.4% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Salt Ash · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged in Salt Ash (L), with the number of people doing so rising 12 percentage points since 2011. This shift is part of a transport landscape where almost every household owns a car. The area is now heavily reliant on private vehicles for getting around.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here go without a car, with only 1.4% having none, which is well below the national figure. Most homes are well-equipped for travel, as 77.1% of households own two or more motor vehicles.
1.4% ▲ +31.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Salt Ash, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 56.8% of residents. While 16.6% now work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
16.6% ▲ +300.7%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Salt Ash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121101/salt-ash/topic/transport