6.6% ▲ +204.8%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
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Transport & Vehicles in Texas
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 63% of working residents in Texas (L) drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most homes have at least one car, the number of households without a vehicle has risen to 6.6% since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common setup is one vehicle per home (42.4%), though 34.2% of households have two. Around 6.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has risen from 2.2% in 2011 and is now higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Texas, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 3.3% doing so—a figure far below the national average and one that has fallen since 2011. Public transport use is also low at 1.7%, though this is still much higher than in most similar areas.
3.3% ▼ -54.7%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▼ -44.5%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Texas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321101/texas/topic/transport