5.9% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blue Mountains · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Blue Mountains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive shift in working habits has occurred in the Blue Mountains, where the share of people working from home jumped by 30 percentage points since 2011. This change is mirrored in a drop in public transport use for commuting, as more residents avoid the long drive or train trip to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 37.7% owning two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure and is lower than it was in 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Blue Mountains splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here; 36.6% of people do so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. This helps explain why only 1.3% of the workforce now commutes by public transport, a little below the national rate.
36.6% ▲ +484.2%
Higher than 94% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -83.0%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The area has 729 public transport stops and 44 routes, which is more than about 86% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
729
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.33
Higher than 97% 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).
789.5
Higher than 76% 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).
44
Higher than 86% 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.
Getting to the city takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical drive time of 87 minutes. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 19 minutes on average.
19
Higher than 54% of council (lga) 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.
87
Higher than 65% 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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10900/blue-mountains/topic/transport