2462, NSW · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 2462, NSW

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

Almost 64% of working residents in postcode 2462 drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Very few people use public transport to commute, and only 3.2% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This makes car ownership essential for getting around the area.

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📍 2462, NSW, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very common here, with 36.7% of homes having two vehicles and 17.6% having three. Only 3.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.2% ▼ -49.1%

Lower than 57% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 6.3%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 3.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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2462, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 11.0%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011.

11.0% ▲ +15.5%

Lower than 72% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 9.5%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 11.0%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 1.0%
  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 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 2462, NSW, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

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

There are 9.89 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, these 25 stops are all for buses, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

9.89

Higher than 88% 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).

94.5

Lower than 55% 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 2462, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2462/2462-nsw/topic/transport