Exmouth · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Exmouth

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

Just 1.6% of households in Exmouth have no motor vehicle, a figure that has plummeted from 34.4% in 2011. This makes the town far more dependent on cars than most other Australian areas. Most residents rely on their own vehicles to get around and get to work.

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📍 Exmouth, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with nearly 40% of homes owning two vehicles and over 12% owning four or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that the number of homes without a car is well below the national figure.

1.6% ▼ -95.2%

Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 34.4%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Exmouth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, and only 6.4% work from home, which is far below the national figure. Public transport use is also very low at 1.1%, while a fair few residents choose to walk or cycle to their jobs.

6.4% ▲ +109.4%

Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.1%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 6.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

1.1% ▼ -24.4%

Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.4%
  • 2016: 1.7%
  • 2021: 1.1%

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 Exmouth, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Walked is next at 9%.

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 Exmouth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515013/exmouth/topic/transport