4.2% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bland · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Bland
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Bland are without a car than the national average, reflecting a heavy reliance on private transport. Only 4.2% of households lack a motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This underscores the area's dependence on cars for getting around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 36.7% owning two and 10.5% owning four or more. Very few households get by without a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Bland, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 15.2% work from home, which is far below the state average. A little above the state figure, 4.0% of people commute via public transport, a trend that has risen since 2011.
15.2% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
4.0% ▲ +91.4%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 4 routes and 7 stops serving the area. This is far below the New South Wales average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people, and all available services are buses.
7
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.26
Lower than 69% 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).
9.0
Lower than 71% 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).
4
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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 Bland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10800/bland/topic/transport