4.0% —
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Snowy Monaro Regional · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Snowy Monaro Regional
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has become even more essential in Snowy Monaro Regional, with the share of homes without a vehicle falling to 4% since 2016. Most households rely heavily on cars to get around, as public transport use remains very low compared to the rest of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car here, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most households own multiple vehicles, with 37.8% having two and 16.1% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Snowy Monaro Regional, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.4% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure. While 13.4% now work from home—an increase of 5.3 points since 2016—this is still far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.
13.4% —
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 91 public transport stops, all of which are for buses. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 78.8, which is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
91
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.20
Higher than 61% 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).
78.8
Higher than 51% 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).
7
Higher than 50% 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 a transport stop is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 48 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
48
Higher than 76% 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 Snowy Monaro Regional [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17040/snowy-monaro-regional/topic/transport