6.1% —
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Inverell · Council (LGA)
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Inverell compared to the state average, as most residents rely on their own cars. Very few homes are without a vehicle, and the vast majority of workers drive to their jobs.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Inverell has a car, with 36.3% owning two vehicles. Only 6.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
6.1% —
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Inverell splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 64.7% of people as the driver. Only 0.2% use public transport, and those working from home make up 11.9%, which is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.
11.9% —
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% —
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to buses, with no trains, trams, or ferries. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and there are only 2.97 stops per 1,000 people.
53
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.97
Lower than 53% 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).
27.1
Lower than 57% 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).
9
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14220/inverell/topic/transport