5.0% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Warrumbungle Shire · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Warrumbungle Shire
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in Warrumbungle Shire compared to the state or national figures. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around, with only 0.4% of workers using public transit. While car ownership is very high, a notable 17.8% of the workforce now operates from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 5% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own one or two vehicles, though 24.6% of homes have three or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Warrumbungle Shire splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 55.7% of residents. Working from home is much more common here than in most similar areas, though the 17.8% rate remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
17.8% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▲ +16.0%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 1.08 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average. There are 10 bus routes in the area, but weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure.
10
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.08
Lower than 70% 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).
7.2
Lower than 73% 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).
10
Higher 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Warrumbungle Shire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18020/warrumbungle-shire/topic/transport