4.9% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gunnedah · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Gunnedah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Gunnedah are without a car than they were in 2011, as only 4.9% of households now have no motor vehicle. This drop reflects a strong reliance on private transport for getting around. While most people drive, a small but growing number of residents have started using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 38.2% of homes having two vehicles and 15% having three. 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 →In Gunnedah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 64.5% of people, while only 10.1% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Use of public transport for commuting has risen since 2011 to 2.3%.
10.1% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.3% ▲ +617.1%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 58 public transport stops and 8 routes, mostly buses. While it has 4.49 stops per 1,000 people, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
58
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.49
Higher than 65% 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).
84.8
Higher than 52% 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).
8
Higher than 52% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 55% 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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13550/gunnedah/topic/transport