0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 91.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bluff · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Public transport use has grown in Bluff (L) since 2011, with 7.5% of workers now using it to get to their jobs. This is a high figure compared to similar areas and the national average. Reliance on cars remains strong, but more people are now commuting via bus or walking.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Bluff (L) has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national and state figures. About 39.6% of households own one car, while 33.7% have two.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Bluff, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 40%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
How people travel to work.
The 7.5% of people using public transport is well above the Australian figure of 3.1%. In contrast, only 6.0% of residents work from home, which is far below the national rate of 21.0%.
6.0% ▲ +306.0%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
7.5% ▲ +52.2%
Higher than 99% 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 Bluff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322016/bluff/topic/transport