48.2% ▲ +675.9%
Higher than 97% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mer (Murray) Island · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Mer (Murray) Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly half of all homes on Mer (Murray) Island lack a motor vehicle, making this one of the most uncommon transport patterns in the region. This reliance on other ways of moving is reflected in how people get to work, with a high number of residents walking or using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 48.2% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national figure of 7.4% and one that has risen 42 points since 2011. Only 41% of homes have a single vehicle, while 14.5% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mer (Murray) Island, the largest group is No vehicle at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is a primary way to get to work for 30.8% of people, while 9.9% use public transport, which is well above the Queensland figure of 3.0%. No one here works from home, a result far below the national average of 21%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
9.9% ▲ +167.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Mer (Murray) Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322077/mer-island/topic/transport