Jabiru · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Jabiru

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

Most people in Jabiru rely on their own cars to get around, as very few work from home or use public transport. Over half of all households have just one vehicle, and while a small number of homes have no car at all, this has risen to 6% since 2011.

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📍 Jabiru, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one vehicle (54.4%), though 23% have two and 14.1% have three. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is 6%, which is higher than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 7.4%.

6.0% ▲ +277.0%

Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.6%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Jabiru, 1 vehicle is the majority at 54%; 2 vehicles is next at 23%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 61% of people as the driver and 9.4% as a passenger. Very few people work from home (1.5%), a figure that is far below the Australian average of 21% and has fallen since 2011.

1.5% ▼ -49.8%

Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 1.5%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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

1.2% ▼ -69.6%

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.1%
  • 2016: 3.2%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Jabiru, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Car (passenger) is next at 11%.

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 Jabiru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721009/jabiru/topic/transport