Blind Bight · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Blind Bight

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

Almost every home in Blind Bight relies on a car to get around, with just 0.9% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving shapes daily life in the area, where public transport is not used for commuting.

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📍 Blind Bight, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households have multiple cars, with 47.3% owning two and 21.7% owning three. This high level of ownership means the share of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

0.9% ▼ -80.0%

Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.6%
  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 0.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Blind Bight, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 72.2% of residents, while no one uses public transport to commute. Working from home has become more common, rising to 12.3% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure of 25.7%.

12.3% ▲ +346.9%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 12.3%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.2%
  • 2016: 1.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Blind Bight, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

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 Blind Bight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215014/blind-bight/topic/transport