1.3% ▼ -50.8%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2556, NSW · Postcode
Transport & Vehicles in 2556, NSW
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 40% of workers in postcode 2556 drive to work, making the car the primary way people get around. This area is heavily reliant on private vehicles, with very few homes without a car compared to the rest of the country. Working from home has also become much more common, now accounting for over a quarter of all jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 31.5% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Only 1.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →2556, NSW splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (31%) and 2 vehicles (28%), with 3 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose 20 percentage points since 2011 to reach 27.2%, which is well above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 1.4%.
27.2% ▲ +269.3%
Higher than 78% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▲ +116.3%
Higher than 60% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is limited to bus services, with no trains, trams, or ferries available. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
4.11
Higher than 55% 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).
150.4
Lower than 51% 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).
2
Lower than 57% 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 about 41 minutes to drive to the city from this area. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes around 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 57% 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.
41
Higher than 51% of postcode areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 2556, NSW
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2556, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2556/2556-nsw/topic/transport