3.6% ▼ -50.1%
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2396, NSW · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 2396, NSW
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in postcode 2396 are without a car than in 2011, reflecting a heavy reliance on private vehicles. Only 3.6% of households lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This area is almost entirely dependent on cars for travel due to very limited public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.4% owning one vehicle and 34.4% owning two. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen 3.7 percentage points since 2011 to just 3.6%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →2396, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 59.5% of people as the driver. No one here commutes by public transport, while 13.9% work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 31.0%.
13.9% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 58% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 two routes and one stop serving the area. This results in just 1.2 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 5.27.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.20
Lower than 72% of postcode areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2.4
Lower than 83% of postcode 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).
2
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 76 minutes on average. This is among the highest times for any similar area.
76
Higher than 96% of postcode 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).
More for 2396, NSW
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2396, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2396/2396-nsw/topic/transport