4.9% —
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Federation · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Federation
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Federation, where car travel is the dominant way to get around. Only 0.1% of the workforce commutes via public transit, and the typical home is much more likely to own a vehicle than in the rest of New South Wales.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.2% owning two vehicles. Only 4.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Federation splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67.3% of residents. Only 9.4% of people work from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
9.4% —
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% —
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 limited to buses, with no trains, trams, or ferries. While there are 29 stops across the area, the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
29
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.25
Lower than 60% 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).
32.0
Lower than 56% 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).
12
Higher than 60% 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 Federation [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12870/federation/topic/transport