6.6% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2594, NSW · Postcode
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of workers in postcode 2594 drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This vast area has very few public transport options and a much lower rate of working from home than the national average.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, even though the figure fell by 2.1 points since 2011.
6.6% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 74% of postcode areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2594, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for work, at just 0.2%, and only 9.9% work from home. This is far below the New South Wales figure of 31% and the national average of 21%.
9.9% ▲ +37.5%
Lower than 77% of postcode areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -60.5%
Lower than 66% 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 very limited, with only one stop and four bus routes serving the area. This results in just 1.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average.
1
Lower than 79% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.08
Lower than 85% 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).
1.2
Lower than 84% 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).
4
Higher than 52% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2594, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2594/2594-nsw/topic/transport