5.7% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carrathool · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Carrathool
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher than most similar areas, 14.4% of Carrathool residents work from home. Most people rely on their own cars to get around, which is reflected in the high number of vehicles per household. This independence is necessary as there are no public transport stops or routes available in the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 5.7% having no vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, as 38.5% have two vehicles and 28.4% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carrathool, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
A car is the primary way to get to work for 57.2% of people. While 14.4% work from home, this is far below the state figure of 31.0%. Only 1.7% use public transport to commute, though this is a small increase since 2011.
14.4% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.7% ▲ +177.4%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 completely absent in Carrathool, with zero stops or routes. This means the area has no weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
0
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carrathool [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11600/carrathool/topic/transport