6.2% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orange · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Orange
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Orange compared to the rest of the state. While the area has a strong network of public transport stops, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around. Only 10.4% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 38.8% owning two vehicles. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle has fallen to 6.2%, which is a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Orange splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 67.6% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.4%, and working from home rose to 10.4% since 2011.
10.4% ▲ +235.5%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -56.6%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Orange has a high number of public transport stops and 50 different routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
334
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.68
Higher than 91% 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).
525.6
Higher than 73% 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).
50
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.
Access to transit is uneven, as the typical time to walk to the nearest stop is 29 minutes, which is higher than in most areas.
29
Higher than 62% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16150/orange/topic/transport