Hermannsburg · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Hermannsburg

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.

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📍 Hermannsburg, Urban Centre

Vehicles

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.

  • 2011: 47.5%
  • 2016: 49.5%
  • 2021: 42.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Hermannsburg splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (44%) and No vehicle (43%), with 2 vehicles at 8%.

Getting to work

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.

  • 2011: 2.9%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 7.3%

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

5.2% ▲ —

Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 5.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In Hermannsburg, the largest group is Walked at 45%, followed by Car (driver) (37%) and Worked at home (7%).

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 Hermannsburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721006/hermannsburg/topic/transport