4.8% ▼ -37.2%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Leeton · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Leeton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport access defines Leeton, where there are only 5.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to 1,313.6 across New South Wales. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with very few people using public transit or working from home. This heavy dependence on private vehicles is a key feature of the area's transport landscape.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 4.8% of homes have no motor vehicle—a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most households own at least two vehicles, with 37% owning exactly two and 10.1% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Leeton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.2%. Only 7.1% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, while 71.4% of workers commute by driving a car.
7.1% ▲ +30.4%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 options are limited, with only 5 stops and 7 routes serving the area. This results in a very low density of 0.44 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27.
5
Lower than 69% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.44
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).
5.1
Lower than 77% 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).
7
Higher than 50% 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.
Getting to a public transport stop can be a challenge, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 90 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this type of area.
90
Higher than 99% 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).
More for Leeton
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Leeton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14750/leeton/topic/transport