6.4% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gilgandra · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Gilgandra
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer public transport options exist in Gilgandra than in the rest of New South Wales. The area relies heavily on private cars, with a typical home owning two vehicles and very few people using buses to get to work. This reflects a region where personal transport is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 37.3% of households own two vehicles. About 6.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gilgandra, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 17.6% work from home. Very few people use public transport for their commute at 0.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
17.6% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 17.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 two stops and five routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.47
Lower than 79% 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).
4.2
Lower than 78% 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).
5
Lower than 55% 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 Gilgandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA12950/gilgandra/topic/transport