2.3% ▼ -35.4%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yass Valley · Council (LGA)
Transport & Vehicles in Yass Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Yass Valley than in the rest of Australia. Only 2.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, making it a place where most residents rely heavily on their own transport to get around. This strong dependence on cars is reflected in the very low use of public transport for daily commutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Yass Valley have multiple cars, with 39.2% owning two and another 35.2% owning three or more. The share of homes without a vehicle has fallen to 2.3%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Yass Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.2% of residents, while only 0.6% use public transport. Working from home has become more common, rising to 15.8% since 2011, though this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
15.8% ▲ +97.3%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -46.5%
Lower than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 almost entirely provided by buses, which make up 97.3% of the network. While the area has more stops and routes than many similar places, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
66
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.82
Higher than 56% 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).
48.7
Lower than 54% 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).
36
Higher than 81% 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 Yass Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA18710/yass-valley/topic/transport