Southend · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Southend

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

Zero homes are without a motor vehicle in Southend (L), making it an area where car ownership is essential. Most residents rely heavily on private transport for their daily needs, with no one using public transport to get to work.

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📍 Southend, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home here has at least one motor vehicle, a figure well below the South Australian and national averages. Nearly 44% of households keep two cars, while about 25% have three.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Southend, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 60.3% of workers as drivers. While 12.2% now work from home—a figure that rose 4.3 percentage points since 2011—this is still well below the national average.

12.2% ▲ +54.7%

Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 6.1%
  • 2021: 12.2%

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 Southend, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; 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 Southend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422049/southend/topic/transport