4.6% ▼ -69.9%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paterson · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Paterson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 40% of households in Paterson have two motor vehicles, making cars the dominant way people get around. This reliance on driving is clear across the area, where very few people use public transport for work and the drive to the city is exceptionally long.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 15.3% of households were without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Paterson splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 16.2% since 2016, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. Only 0.6% of the workforce uses public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
16.2% —
Higher than 51% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 86% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Paterson has 8.02 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales average of 5.27. However, weekly departures per person are well below the state figure.
1,408
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.02
Higher than 99% 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).
983.1
Lower than 55% 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).
66
Higher than 64% 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.
The drive time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 116 minutes. A typical resident spends about 7 minutes walking to the nearest transport stop.
7
Higher than 50% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
116
Higher than 92% 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 Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED136/paterson/topic/transport