6.1% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lachlan · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Lachlan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Lachlan than in the rest of New South Wales, with only 13% doing so. This area relies heavily on private cars for travel, as public transport options are very limited compared to state and national figures.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 35.5% have two. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4% and well below the state's 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lachlan splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.9% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.7%), which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
13.0% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -52.7%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 sparse, with only 1.15 stops per 1,000 people and 7.2 weekly departures, both far below New South Wales figures. Of the limited services available, 95.5% are buses.
7
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.15
Lower than 70% 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).
7.2
Lower than 73% 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).
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lachlan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14600/lachlan/topic/transport