Apatula (Finke) · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Apatula (Finke)

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

Nearly 80% of homes in Apatula (Finke) have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. This lack of car ownership is a defining feature of the area's transport landscape. Most people here get to work on foot rather than by vehicle.

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📍 Apatula (Finke), Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The number of homes without a car has risen to 79.1%, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%. This is among the highest rates for any similar area.

79.1% ▲ +74.5%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 45.3%
  • 2016: 55.6%
  • 2021: 79.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Apatula (Finke), No vehicle is the majority at 83%; 1 vehicle is next at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the primary way to get to work for 84.4% of residents. No one in the area uses public transport or works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21% for home working.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

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

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: 0.0%
  • 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 Apatula (Finke), Walked is the majority at 87%; Car (driver) is next at 13%.

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 Apatula (Finke) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722006/apatula/topic/transport