Bute · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Bute

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

Bute (L) has a transport profile that is quite common for its level, though it has seen a shift in vehicle ownership. While most residents rely on cars, the number of homes without a motor vehicle has risen since 2011 to reach 7.8%.

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📍 Bute, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 7.8% of homes now have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is a notable increase from 2011, when no homes in the area were without a vehicle.

7.8% ▲ —

Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Bute, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the primary way to get to work, with 59.3% of people driving. No one uses public transport, which is well below the national figure, while 9.3% work from home, a rate far below the Australian average.

9.3% ▲ +40.6%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 7.0%
  • 2021: 9.3%

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 Bute, Car (driver) is the majority at 86%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

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 Bute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422011/bute/topic/transport