42.5% ▲ +1387.5%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erub (Darnley) Island · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Erub (Darnley) Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A sharp rise in homes without cars defines the recent shift on Erub (Darnley) Island. Since 2011, the number of households without a motor vehicle has jumped 40 points to 42.5%, a figure far above both the state and national levels.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest proportion for similar areas. This is far above the 5.8% seen in Queensland and the 7.4% across Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erub (Darnley) Island, the largest group is No vehicle at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a common way to get to work for 28.6% of people. Those working from home make up 6.6% of the workforce, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.6% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
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: 3.9%
- 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 Erub (Darnley) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322041/erub-island/topic/transport