2628, NSW · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 2628, NSW

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Few people get around without a car in postcode 2628, where the area is much more reliant on private vehicles than most similar places. Only 1.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This heavy reliance on cars is linked to very limited public transport options across the region.

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📍 2628, NSW, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own multiple cars, with 39.5% having two and 13.6% owning four or more. The proportion of households without a vehicle is 1.7%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

1.7% ▼ -58.3%

Lower than 76% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 1.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In 2628, NSW, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.4% of people, while 19.3% work from home, a figure that rose 8.4 points since 2011. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.4%.

19.3% ▲ +77.6%

Higher than 61% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 10.9%
  • 2016: 12.7%
  • 2021: 19.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.4% ▼ -52.8%

Lower than 60% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In 2628, NSW, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 23%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, with only two routes and four stops serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is 5.5, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

1.84

Lower than 67% 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).

5.5

Lower than 80% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2628, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2628/2628-nsw/topic/transport