7.2% ▲ +61.4%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southern Cross · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Southern Cross
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Southern Cross (L) than across the country, with only 1.6% doing so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though a small number of households now live without any motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas and has risen since 2011. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle (40.8%) or two vehicles (37.2%) per home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Southern Cross splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 10%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.5% of people, while 11.8% walk. Public transport use has plummeted from 29.3% in 2011 to just 1.2% today, leaving this area well below the state figure.
1.6% ▲ +107.9%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -95.8%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
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 Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521047/southern-cross/topic/transport