6.1% ▼ -39.1%
Higher than 72% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2470, NSW · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 2470, NSW
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way to get around postcode 2470, where 66% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. While the area has a high number of public transport routes, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 35.4% owning two and 13.4% owning three. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most areas but fell 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →2470, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of the country, at just 8.8%. Similarly, only 0.2% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
8.8% ▲ +50.1%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -66.6%
Lower than 65% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
The area has 39 public transport routes and 77 stops, which is more than about 79% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and almost all services are buses.
77
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.98
Higher than 65% 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).
100.3
Lower than 54% 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).
39
Higher than 87% 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.
Reaching a transit point can be difficult in this area, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 57 minutes. This is much higher than most other areas.
57
Higher than 85% 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 2470, NSW
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2470, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2470/2470-nsw/topic/transport