5.6% —
Higher than 51% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rest of NSW · Capital City
Transport & Vehicles in Rest of NSW
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people rely on public transport in Rest of NSW compared to the state and national figures. Most residents depend heavily on their own cars to get around, though a growing number are now working from home. Only 0.6% of the workforce uses public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own one or two vehicles, while about 21% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rest of NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work for 60.3% of people, while 15.7% work from home. This shift to home-based work rose 9.9 points since 2016, though the rate remains far below the state figure of 31%.
15.7% —
Higher than 81% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% —
Lower than 88% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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.
The region has a high number of public transport stops and routes, but service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 534.1, which is far below the state figure of 1,313.6, and buses make up 97.4% of all services.
15,571
Higher than 86% of capital city areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.50
Higher than 77% of capital city areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
534.1
Lower than 57% of capital city 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).
779
Higher than 98% of capital city 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rest of NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/1RNSW/rest-of-nsw/topic/transport