42.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hermannsburg · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more homes lack a motor vehicle here than in most similar areas, with 42.5% of Hermannsburg households having no car. This high rate of carless living is a standout feature of the local transport landscape, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 42.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1% and the national figure of 7.4%. For those who do own a car, the most common situation is having just one vehicle, accounting for 43.3% of households.
42.5% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hermannsburg splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and No vehicle (43%), with 2 vehicles at 8%.
How people travel to work.
Walking is the primary way to get to work for 43.8% of residents. While 7.3% now work from home, public transport use has risen since 2011 to 5.2%, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 2.2%.
7.3% ▲ +151.6%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.2% ▲ —
Higher than 95% 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 Hermannsburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721006/hermannsburg/topic/transport