8.2% ▼ -23.4%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Moree Plains · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Moree Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 0.31 public transport stops per 1,000 people are available in Moree Plains, which is far below the New South Wales figure. This makes the region heavily dependent on cars for getting around. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and very few people use buses or trains to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. However, the typical home is well-equipped, with 35.5% of households owning two vehicles and 12.9% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Moree Plains splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.2% of people using a car as the driver. Very few people use public transport (0.5%), and the 10.2% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
10.2% ▲ +19.3%
Lower than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +21.2%
Lower than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited here, with only 4 routes and 4 stops across the area. Weekly departures are much lower than most areas, falling far below the New South Wales average.
4
Lower than 70% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.31
Lower than 81% 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).
2.5
Lower than 81% 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).
4
Lower than 57% 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 Moree Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15300/moree-plains/topic/transport