Middlemount · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Middlemount

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

Public transport use is among the highest for similar areas in Middlemount, where 12.1% of workers use these services. This stands in stark contrast to the very few people who work from home, reflecting a workforce that largely relies on commuting to physical jobs.

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📍 Middlemount, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 42.3% having two vehicles and 13% having three. Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.3% ▲ +545.7%

Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 10.0%
  • 2021: 3.3%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Middlemount, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (37%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Far more people use public transport to get to work here than in the rest of the country, a figure that rose 11 points since 2011. Meanwhile, only 1.4% of people work from home, which is far below the 21% national average.

1.4% ▼ -40.8%

Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.4%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 1.4%

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

12.1% ▲ +1755.9%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.6%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 12.1%

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 Middlemount, Car (driver) is the majority at 67%; Bus is next at 15%.

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 Middlemount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315061/middlemount/topic/transport