4.5% —
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murray River · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Murray River
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people in Murray River get around without a car, making private vehicles essential for daily life. Only 4.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the state average. This heavy reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel for work and the limited use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 40.4% having two and another 22.5% owning three or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has stayed steady at around 4.5% since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murray River, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 63.5% of people using a car as the driver. Only 0.3% use public transport, while those working from home rose to 13.4% in 2021, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure.
13.4% —
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 72% 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.
While there are 15 bus routes and 60 stops, the service is sparse; weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average. All public transport here is provided by buses.
60
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.67
Higher than 68% 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).
235.2
Higher than 62% 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).
15
Higher than 64% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Murray River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15520/murray-river/topic/transport