Auburn · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Auburn

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

Over 70% of working residents in Auburn drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While most households own multiple vehicles, a small number of homes without cars has risen slightly since 2011. The area relies almost entirely on private transport for commuting.

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📍 Auburn, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, with 45% owning two and 12.2% owning three. Only 4.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the South Australian figure of 7.2%.

4.8% ▲ +92.9%

Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 4.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Auburn, 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.

No one in Auburn uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 11.1% of people work from home, a figure that is a little above the state average but well below the Australian average.

11.1% ▲ +39.6%

Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 5.4%
  • 2021: 11.1%

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: 0.0%
  • 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 Auburn, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

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 Auburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422006/auburn/topic/transport