Yuendumu · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Yuendumu

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

Far more homes lack a car in Yuendumu than in most similar areas, with 32.2% of households without a motor vehicle. This is a high figure compared to the rest of the Northern Territory, though the number of carless homes has fallen by 11 points since 2011.

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📍 Yuendumu, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 32.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Northern Territory's 11.1%. For those who do own cars, nearly half of all households have just one vehicle.

32.2% ▼ -25.4%

Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 43.2%
  • 2016: 28.7%
  • 2021: 32.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Yuendumu, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 48%, followed by No vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (12%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the most common way to get to work for 43.2% of residents, while 2.2% work from home. This working-from-home rate is far below the Australian figure of 21.0%, and no one uses public transport to commute.

2.2% ▼ -36.1%

Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.2%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Yuendumu, the largest group is Walked at 46%, followed by Car (driver) (38%) and Car (passenger) (14%).

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 Yuendumu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721017/yuendumu/topic/transport