5.5% ▼ -38.9%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2478, NSW · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 2478, NSW
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way of getting around in postcode 2478, where nearly 60% of workers drive themselves to a job. While the area has a high number of transit stops and 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 vehicle, with 39.1% owning one and 38.5% owning two. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →2478, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 16.0% of residents, which is an increase of 9.9 percentage points since 2011. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.3% doing so.
16.0% ▲ +159.8%
Higher than 50% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -56.0%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 164 public transport stops and 16 routes, which is more than 83% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all available services are buses.
164
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.12
Higher than 66% 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).
234.0
Higher 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).
16
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes a typical resident about 11 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop.
11
Higher than 52% 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 2478, NSW
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2478, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2478/2478-nsw/topic/transport