1.0% ▼ -56.6%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Macclesfield · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Macclesfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Macclesfield owns a car, creating a huge gap compared to the state and national figures. Only 1% of homes lack a motor vehicle, reflecting a deep reliance on private transport for the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 42.1% of homes owning two vehicles and another 20.1% owning three. The share of homes without a car is well below the South Australian figure of 7.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Macclesfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 70.8% of residents. Working from home has risen to 9.7% since 2011, while public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas, though still well below the state figure of 4.1%.
9.7% ▲ +80.8%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421022/macclesfield/topic/transport