3.3% ▼ -34.9%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Byron · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Byron
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has jumped by 14 percentage points since 2011 in Byron, where 26.5% of people now avoid a daily commute. This shift occurs in an area where cars are essential, as very few homes go without a motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. The most common setup is two vehicles per household, seen in nearly 40% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Byron splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, though 26.5% of people work from home, which is well above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.2%.
26.5% ▲ +113.8%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 26.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -71.9%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Byron has 189 public transport stops, which is more than 71% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
189
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.23
Higher than 75% 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).
192.2
Higher than 60% 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).
21
Higher than 71% 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 nearest stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 43 minutes.
43
Higher than 72% 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.
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 Byron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11350/byron/topic/transport