Housing
Car Ownership
Number of cars per household shows how many registered motor vehicles are available to people living in a household. It is a measure of access to private transport rather than total travel activity.
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About this topic
Number of cars per household shows how many registered motor vehicles are available to people living in a household. It is a measure of access to private transport rather than total travel activity.
This topic is useful for understanding mobility, transport choice, and access to jobs and services. It should be read with public transport availability, household type, income, and travel to work, because high or low car ownership can reflect very different local conditions.
Interpretation notes
- This measures registered motor vehicles owned or used by residents that were garaged or parked at or near the dwelling on Census night.
- Vehicle counts are a household access measure, not a direct measure of how often people drive or commute.
Key insight
In 2021, 2 motor vehicles was the most common car-ownership level among households in Beacon, accounting for 37.5% (21 households). This share was higher than Mount Marshall (S) (29.3%). Since 2016, the biggest change was in 3 or more motor vehicles, which decreased by 13 households and 12.4 percentage points.
Section overview
Car ownership
Beacon - Households (Enumerated)
This table summarises car ownership for Beacon in 2021 for persons, with comparison against Mount Marshall (S) and change since 2016.
Chart view
Car ownership snapshot
2021 distribution by category for Beacon, with comparison markers for Mount Marshall (S).
No motor vehicles
1 motor vehicle
2 motor vehicles
3 or more motor vehicles
Not stated
Car ownership change
Absolute change in category counts between 2016 and 2021.
No motor vehicles
0
0.0pp
1 motor vehicle
-4
+1.3pp
2 motor vehicles
-4
+4.6pp
3 or more motor vehicles
-13
-12.4pp
Not stated
-9
-9.0pp
Data table
Car Ownership for Beacon. Car ownership. 2021 and 2016 counts, percentages, and change compared with Mount Marshall (S).
| Category | 2021 | 2016 | Change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | % | Mount Marshall (S)% | Count | % | Mount Marshall (S)% | Count | pp | |
| No motor vehicles | 0 | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 1.7% | 0 | 0.0pp |
| 1 motor vehicle | 14 | 25.0% | 30.7% | 18 | 23.7% | 22.1% | -4 | +1.3pp |
| 2 motor vehicles | 21 | 37.5% | 29.3% | 25 | 32.9% | 28.1% | -4 | +4.6pp |
| 3 or more motor vehicles | 10 | 17.9% | 31.2% | 23 | 30.3% | 34.0% | -13 | -12.4pp |
| Not stated | 6 | 10.7% | 6.8% | 15 | 19.7% | 12.3% | -9 | -9.0pp |
| Total households | 56 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 76 | 100.0% | 100.0% | -20 | 0.0pp |