4.1% —
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murrumbidgee · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Murrumbidgee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 4.1% of households in Murrumbidgee have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This shows a heavy reliance on cars for daily life in the region. While most people drive to work, there is a growing number of residents working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 68.5% of homes owning either one or two vehicles. Very few households get by without a car, and this trend has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Murrumbidgee splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.3% of residents, while 15.1% work from home, a figure that rose by 2.4 points since 2016. Very few people, just 0.3%, use public transport to commute, which is a little below the national figure.
15.1% —
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% —
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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.
There are 7.16 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure. However, these are all bus services and the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.
24
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.16
Higher than 89% 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).
87.4
Higher than 52% 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).
6
Lower than 52% 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 Murrumbidgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA15560/murrumbidgee/topic/transport