5.2% —
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mid-Coast · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Mid-Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of workers in Mid-Coast drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While the region has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 40.3% having one and 36.2% having two. Only 5.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% and has fallen since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mid-Coast splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.3% of people commute using public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%. While the number of people working from home rose to 11.9% since 2016, this remains far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.
11.9% —
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Mid-Coast has 665 public transport stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
665
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.89
Higher than 88% 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).
134.6
Higher than 58% 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).
57
Higher than 86% 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 the nearest transport stop takes a typical resident 56 minutes, which is much higher than in most other areas.
56
Higher than 83% 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 Mid-Coast
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mid-Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15240/mid-coast/topic/transport