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.
Horsham · Urban Centre
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%.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Horsham splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -95.5%
Higher than 59% 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 Horsham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213007/horsham/topic/transport