5.5% ▼ -30.9%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Macquarie-Hastings · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Port Macquarie-Hastings
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes are found in Port Macquarie-Hastings than in most similar areas. Despite this, the region remains very car-dependent, with only 0.4% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs. This reliance on private vehicles is mirrored in the home, where only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and the 5.5% of households without a vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is a downward trend, as the share of car-less homes fell by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Macquarie-Hastings splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.3% of people as drivers and 4.8% as passengers. While 12.4% of people now work from home—a rise of 6.7 percentage points since 2011—this is still far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.
12.4% ▲ +118.3%
Higher than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -21.9%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
The area has 281 stops and 39 routes, which is more than most similar places. However, the 3.24 stops per 1,000 people is far below the state average, and the service is almost entirely provided by buses.
281
Higher than 75% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.24
Higher than 50% 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).
348.1
Higher than 67% 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).
39
Higher than 83% 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 Port Macquarie-Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16380/port-macquarie-hastings/topic/transport