Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa)

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

Fewer homes have cars here than in almost any other similar area, with Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) seeing a huge shift in how people get around. Nearly three quarters of households now live without a motor vehicle, a figure that has climbed steeply since 2011.

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📍 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa), Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

A striking 73.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is far above the Northern Territory figure of 11.1%. This is a significant increase from 2011, when only 19.6% of households were without a car.

73.1% ▲ +272.0%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 19.6%
  • 2016: 43.4%
  • 2021: 73.1%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa), No vehicle is the majority at 75%; 1 vehicle is next at 18%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Walking is the primary way to get to work for 64.7% of residents. Public transport use is also far above the national figure at 13.2%, while no one in the area works from home.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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

13.2% ▼ -20.6%

Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 16.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 13.2%

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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa), Walked is the majority at 75%; Bus is next at 15%.

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 Nganmarriyanga (Palumpa) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722025/nganmarriyanga/topic/transport