5.4% ▼ -42.1%
Higher than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Richmond Valley · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Richmond Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 6% of households lack a car in Richmond Valley, which is much lower than the state figure. This reliance on private cars is reflected in the way people get to work and the low use of available transit services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and the number of households without any motor vehicle fell by 3.9 points since 2011 to reach 5.4%. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Richmond Valley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.2% of workers use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home is also far below the national figure at 9.7%, though this rose 3.5 points since 2011.
9.7% ▲ +56.6%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 190 public transport stops, giving it a higher number of stops per person than the state average. However, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure, with buses making up 99.3% of all services.
190
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.06
Higher than 92% 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).
118.4
Higher than 57% 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).
44
Higher than 86% 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 Richmond Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16610/richmond-valley/topic/transport