8.2% ▼ -26.3%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lithgow · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Lithgow
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of workers in Lithgow drive themselves to work, showing a strong reliance on private cars. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit for their daily commute. Most households own at least one vehicle, though the share of homes without a car has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 36% of homes have one vehicle and 33% have two. Around 8.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas, though this figure fell 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lithgow splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (36%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home rose to 12.5% since 2011, but this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
12.5% ▲ +209.7%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -72.3%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Lithgow has 10.22 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average and among the highest for similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
213
Higher than 72% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.22
Higher than 99% 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).
392.3
Higher than 69% 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).
60
Higher than 86% 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 Lithgow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14870/lithgow/topic/transport