5.7% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2646, NSW · Postcode
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars since 2011 helps define the transport landscape in postcode 2646. While car ownership is the norm, a small 5.7% of households still get by without a motor vehicle. The area relies almost entirely on private travel, as public transport use for commuting has effectively vanished.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36.2% owning two and 11.9% owning three. The proportion of households with no vehicle is 5.7%, which is a little below the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
5.7% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 68% of postcode areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
2646, NSW splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67% of people, while only 10.1% work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales average. Public transport is not used for commuting here, with 0.0% of workers choosing this option.
10.1% ▲ +33.9%
Lower than 76% of postcode areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% 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 1.02 stops per 1,000 people and weekly departures that are far below the state figure. All available services are buses, though the area has 8 different routes.
7
Lower than 54% of postcode areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.02
Lower than 74% 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).
22.9
Lower than 69% 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).
8
Higher than 66% of postcode areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2646, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2646/2646-nsw/topic/transport