Rawson · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Rawson

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

Almost every household in Rawson relies on a car for daily life, as the area has very few public transport options. Most residents depend on private vehicles to get around, with only 4.7% of homes having no motor vehicle at all.

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📍 Rawson, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The vast majority of households own at least one car, with 44.5% having one vehicle and 26.6% having two. This means fewer homes are without a car compared to the state and national figures.

4.7% ▼ -4.4%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Rawson, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (28%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Cars are the primary way people get to work, with 71.4% driving and virtually no one using public transport. Very few people work from home at 3.6%, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.

3.6% ▼ -50.0%

Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.1%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 3.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Rawson, Car (driver) is the majority at 91%; Walked is next at 5%.

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 Rawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222078/rawson/topic/transport