7.0% ▲ +178.4%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ariah Park · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero percent of workers here use public transport or work from home, marking a stark contrast to the rest of the country. Ariah Park (L) relies almost entirely on private cars and walking to get around. This is a small area where the usual modern trends of remote work are completely absent.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is slightly lower than the New South Wales figure, the number of car-free households has risen by 4.5 percentage points since 2011.
7.0% ▲ +178.4%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ariah Park splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common choice here, with 20.9% of workers on foot and 54.7% driving. Public transport use has fallen to 0.0%, a figure well below the national average, and no one in the area works from home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Ariah Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122006/ariah-park/topic/transport