4.4% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Upper Hunter Shire · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Upper Hunter Shire
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 64% of workers in Upper Hunter Shire drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars in this regional area. Very few people use public transport, and the number of homes without a vehicle is much lower than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 38.2% have two. Only 4.4% of households lack a motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Upper Hunter Shire splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 12.2% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure. Only 0.1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is much lower than in most other areas.
12.2% ▲ +45.2%
Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -49.4%
Lower than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
Public transport is limited, with only 17 stops and 4 routes across the shire. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales average, with services split between buses and trains.
17
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.19
Lower than 69% 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).
18.1
Lower than 63% 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).
4
Lower than 57% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Upper Hunter Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17620/upper-hunter-shire/topic/transport