7.5% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2551, NSW · Postcode
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way people get around in postcode 2551, where 66.8% of workers drive to their jobs. Very few people rely on public transport or work from home, making the area heavily dependent on personal vehicles for daily travel.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two vehicles, though 7.5% of households have no motor vehicle. This proportion is much higher than in most similar areas, despite falling slightly since 2011.
7.5% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2551, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 8.0%. Only 0.3% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
8.0% ▲ +82.4%
Lower than 86% of postcode areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -81.2%
Lower than 62% of postcode areas.
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.
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to six bus routes, with no trains or ferries available. Access to stops is far below the New South Wales average, with only 2.69 stops per 1,000 people.
10
Lower than 52% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.69
Lower than 60% 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).
81.2
Lower than 56% 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).
6
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2551, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2551/2551-nsw/topic/transport