2426, NSW · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 2426, NSW

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Very few people have stopped relying on cars in postcode 2426, with the share of homes without a motor vehicle falling to just 1.0% since 2011. This makes the area far more car-dependent than the national average. Most residents rely on their own vehicles for daily travel due to a lack of local public transport options.

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📍 2426, NSW, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home here owns a car, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% for vehicle-less households. About 40% of homes have two vehicles, and more than a quarter of households own three or more.

1.0% ▼ -52.1%

Lower than 84% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 2.1%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 2021: 1.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 2426, NSW, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one uses public transport to get to work, and only 10.2% of workers do so from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. Most people drive themselves to work, with 63.3% as the sole driver.

10.2% ▲ +53.6%

Lower than 75% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.7%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 10.2%

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.

How people get to work

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In 2426, NSW, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, with only one route and two stops serving the area. This results in just 14.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average of 1,313.6.

2.35

Lower than 62% 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).

14.1

Lower than 71% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2426, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2426/2426-nsw/topic/transport