3.7% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gwydir · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Gwydir
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport in Gwydir, where a high reliance on private cars is the norm. Only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 36.1% having two vehicles and 10.3% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without any vehicle fell to 3.7% in 2021, a figure much lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gwydir splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.5% of people. About 21.7% work from home, which is much higher than most areas, while only 0.2% use public transport.
21.7% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.5%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -74.0%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 4 routes and 9 stops across the region. This is reflected in the number of weekly departures, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
9
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.83
Lower than 64% 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).
12.2
Lower than 68% 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).
4
Lower than 57% 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 Gwydir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA13660/gwydir/topic/transport