5.9% ▼ -24.8%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bathurst Regional · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Bathurst Regional
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has risen by 7.3 percentage points since 2011 in Bathurst Regional, reflecting a shift in how people get to work. While cars remain the dominant choice for travel, the area has a high number of public transport stops compared to other similar regions.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.3% owning two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bathurst Regional splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.5% of people as the driver. Only 0.3% of the workforce use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1% and has barely changed over the last decade.
11.7% ▲ +166.7%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -41.7%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
With 7.48 stops per 1,000 people, Bathurst Regional has a very high number of transport stops compared to New South Wales. However, weekly departures are far below the state average, and buses make up nearly all of the available services.
326
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.48
Higher than 90% of council (lga) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
581.3
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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 87% of council (lga) 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 166 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
166
Higher than 93% of council (lga) 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 Bathurst Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10470/bathurst-regional/topic/transport