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.
Bute · Urban Centre
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%.
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.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Bute, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
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.
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 Bute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422011/bute/topic/transport