4.4% ▼ -34.8%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shoalhaven · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Shoalhaven
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in Shoalhaven compared to the state average. Only 4.4% of households lack a vehicle, and the area's heavy reliance on driving is seen in how few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, with 38.3% of homes owning one vehicle and 38.1% owning two. The proportion of households without a motor vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Shoalhaven splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while only 0.2% of people use public transport, which is a little below the national figure. Working from home rose to 12.5% since 2011, though this remains far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.
12.5% ▲ +134.3%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -65.4%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Shoalhaven has a large number of public transport stops and 24 routes, giving it more stops per 1,000 people than most areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
746
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.87
Higher than 88% 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).
197.7
Higher than 61% 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).
24
Higher than 73% 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.
Getting to the city takes a long time from here, with a drive time of 407 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
407
Higher than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Shoalhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA16950/shoalhaven/topic/transport