1.0% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Romsey · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A tiny 1% of homes in Romsey have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the Victorian and national averages. This reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, with the vast majority of residents depending on their own vehicles to get around.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 1% of households lack a vehicle. Most homes own at least two cars, with 43.2% having two and another 34.2% owning three or more.
1.0% ▼ -43.2%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Romsey, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 60.8% of residents, while very few use public transport. Working from home has become more common, rising 17 points since 2011 to reach 19.2%.
19.2% ▲ +689.3%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -79.0%
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 Romsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215074/romsey/topic/transport