South Johnstone · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in South Johnstone

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

Almost no one in South Johnstone uses public transport to get to work, with 0% doing so in 2021. This reliance on private travel is a key feature of the area, where most households own multiple cars to get around.

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📍 South Johnstone, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.4% own four or more. The number of households without any motor vehicle rose to 5.8% since 2011, which is a bit higher than in most similar areas.

5.8% ▲ —

Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 5.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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South Johnstone splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.1% of people as the driver and 9.8% as a passenger. Only 4% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average and has fallen since 2011.

4.0% ▼ -41.6%

Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.9%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 4.0%

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: 3.3%
  • 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 South Johnstone, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Car (passenger) 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 South Johnstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322110/south-johnstone/topic/transport