4.6% ▼ -23.8%
Lower than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Hunter · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Hunter
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Hunter than in most other similar areas, with only 4.6% of households without one. Most residents rely on private vehicles to get around, while very few use public transport for their daily commute. This pattern reflects a region where car ownership is the norm for almost every home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 38.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 24.6% having three or more. This explains why the share of homes without a motor vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Hunter, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, while only 0.4% of people use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home rose 11 points since 2016 to reach 15.4%, though this remains far below the state figure of 31.0%.
15.4% —
Lower than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Hunter has a high number of stops with 5.77 per 1,000 people, but the actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
1,007
Higher than 84% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.77
Higher than 81% 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).
538.1
Lower than 74% 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).
62
Higher than 58% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED121/hunter/topic/transport