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.
Auburn · Urban Centre
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.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Auburn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
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.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
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