Gapuwiyak · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Gapuwiyak

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

More than 60% of homes in Gapuwiyak have no motor vehicle, which is far above the national figure. This lack of private transport is a defining feature of the area and has become more common over the last decade.

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📍 Gapuwiyak, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Around 60.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that rose 16 points since 2011. This is far above the 11.1% seen across the Northern Territory and the 7.4% national average.

60.7% ▲ +34.9%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 45.0%
  • 2016: 70.3%
  • 2021: 60.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gapuwiyak, No vehicle is the majority at 61%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the most common way to get to work for 54.6% of residents. Meanwhile, no one works from home, which is far below the 21% national figure.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

3.1% ▼ -23.1%

Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 3.1%

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 Gapuwiyak, Walked is the majority at 66%; Car (driver) is next at 23%.

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 Gapuwiyak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721005/gapuwiyak/topic/transport