Horsham · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Horsham

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

A staggering 68.4% of workers in Horsham drive themselves to work, showing a heavy reliance on cars. While most homes own at least one vehicle, the number of households without a car has nearly doubled since 2011 to reach 7.1%.

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📍 Horsham, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two vehicles, though 7.1% of households now have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and represents a rise of 3.3 percentage points since 2011.

7.1% ▲ +87.9%

Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 7.5%
  • 2021: 7.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Horsham splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use for commuting has plummeted from 5.0% in 2011 to just 0.2% in 2021. Meanwhile, 8.1% of people now work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.

8.1% ▲ +226.6%

Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 3.3%
  • 2021: 8.1%

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

0.2% ▼ -95.5%

Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Horsham, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213007/horsham/topic/transport