7.8% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2400, NSW · Postcode
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 70% of working residents in postcode 2400 drive themselves to work, showing a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a sprawling area where few people use public transport and very few work from home compared to the rest of the country.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two motor vehicles, though 7.8% of households have none. This lack of a car is much more common here than in most similar areas, even though the figure fell from 11.2% in 2011.
7.8% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2400, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, with only 8.8% of people doing so. Only 0.5% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
8.8% ▲ +38.5%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +51.3%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is very limited, with only 0.31 stops per 1,000 people and 2.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, both of which are far below the New South Wales figures.
3
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.31
Lower than 82% 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).
2.7
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).
4
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2400, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2400/2400-nsw/topic/transport