5.8% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Liverpool Plains · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Liverpool Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without cars have been seen in Liverpool Plains since 2011, as car ownership remains essential for getting around. This is a place where most people rely on their own vehicles, with only 0.5% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 36.5% have two. Only 5.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a figure that has fallen since 2011 and is well below the New South Wales average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Liverpool Plains splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.3% of people. While 16.2% of residents now work from home—a rise since 2011—this is still far below the state figure of 31.0%.
16.2% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Liverpool Plains has 12.58 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, the number of weekly departures is much lower than the state average, with buses making up 96.2% of the available services.
95
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.58
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).
197.2
Higher than 61% 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).
5
Lower than 55% 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 Liverpool Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14920/liverpool-plains/topic/transport