32.7% ▲ +254.9%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 32.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lajamanu · Urban Centre
Transport & Vehicles in Lajamanu
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Walking and limited car access define daily travel in Lajamanu, where nearly half of workers walk to their jobs. A striking 32.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, leaving many residents reliant on others or on foot to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The number of homes without a car has risen sharply by 24 points since 2011, reaching 32.7%. This is far above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1% and the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lajamanu, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by No vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Walking is the most common way to get to work for 48.6% of people, while only 2.8% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
2.8% ▲ +103.4%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.7% ▼ -52.3%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Lajamanu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721010/lajamanu/topic/transport