4.3% ▼ -67.1%
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gilmore · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Gilmore
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few households in Gilmore are without a car, with only 4.3% lacking one. This is well below the national figure and shows a significant drop from 2011. Most residents rely heavily on private vehicles to get around this sprawling area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 38.8% of homes owning two vehicles and 19.4% having three or more. This high level of ownership is reflected in the fact that far fewer homes have no motor vehicle compared to the state and national averages.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gilmore splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.9% of residents. Only 0.3% use public transport, which is among the lowest for its level, while the number of people working from home rose to 14.6% since 2016.
14.6% —
Lower than 54% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 99% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has a high number of stops and 33 routes, but services are infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, with buses making up 94.6% of the available options.
1,141
Higher than 90% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.97
Higher than 93% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
227.8
Lower than 88% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
33
Lower than 83% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Traveling into the city takes a long time from Gilmore, with a drive time of 365 minutes, which is among the highest for its level.
365
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gilmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED116/gilmore/topic/transport