Finch Hatton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Finch Hatton

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

Almost no one in Finch Hatton (L) uses public transport to get to work. This small area relies heavily on private cars, though a growing number of households now live without a motor vehicle.

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📍 Finch Hatton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Homes without a car have risen to 7.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas. While 40.2% of households own two vehicles, the number of car-free homes has climbed 3.7 percentage points since 2011.

7.6% ▲ +93.3%

Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Finch Hatton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 57.1% of people, while 9.5% walk. Very few people work from home at 4.8%, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.

4.8% ▲ +66.7%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.8%

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: 7.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Finch Hatton, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Walked is next at 12%.

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 Finch Hatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322044/finch-hatton/topic/transport