2449, NSW · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 2449, NSW

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

Private cars are essential for daily life in postcode 2449, where only 6.0% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on driving is reflected in the low use of public transport and a high number of households owning two or more cars.

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📍 2449, NSW, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have at least one car, with 37.5% owning two and 13.8% owning three. Only 6.0% of households are without a vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.

6.0% ▼ -21.6%

Higher than 71% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 5.9%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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2449, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, as only 0.4% of people use public transport. While 14.9% of residents work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.

14.9% ▲ +35.0%

Lower than 54% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 11.0%
  • 2016: 10.9%
  • 2021: 14.9%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.4% ▼ -57.7%

Lower than 59% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In 2449, NSW, Car (driver) is the majority at 72%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

Public transport options are very limited, with only two routes and three stops serving the area. This results in just 43.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.

1.39

Lower than 71% 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).

43.4

Lower than 62% 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 2449, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2449/2449-nsw/topic/transport