7.5% ▲ +218.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Red Cliffs · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Red Cliffs compared to the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians typically work from home, only 5% of the local workforce does so. This makes the area much more reliant on traditional commuting.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Red Cliffs have at least one car, with 39.5% owning one and 35.4% owning two. However, the number of homes with no motor vehicle has risen to 7.5%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
7.5% ▲ +218.8%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Red Cliffs splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 72.3% of people acting as the driver. Public transport use is very low at 1.5%, which is a little below the national figure and barely changed since 2011.
5.0% ▲ +32.0%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 83% 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 Red Cliffs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215070/red-cliffs/topic/transport