7.9% ▲ +97.1%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 7.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mossman · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Mossman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Mossman than across the rest of the country. While 21% of Australians typically work from home, only 6% of the local workforce do so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though a notable number of homes now live without any motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 8% of Mossman homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and has nearly doubled since 2011. For those who do own cars, the most common arrangement is a single vehicle, found in 41% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mossman, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in the area used public transport to get to work in 2021, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive, with 56.7% as the driver and 6.7% as a passenger, while 8.8% walk to their jobs.
6.0% ▲ +28.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
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: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
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 Mossman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315068/mossman/topic/transport