2720, NSW · Postcode

Transport & Vehicles in 2720, NSW

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

A massive gap in public transport separates postcode 2720 from the rest of New South Wales, where the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. This is a car-dependent region where very few people use transit or work from home.

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📍 2720, NSW, Postcode

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households here own multiple cars, with 36.8% having two and 15% having three. Only 5.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.

5.5% ▼ -26.2%

Higher than 67% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 5.8%
  • 2021: 5.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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2720, NSW splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Getting to work is dominated by the car, as 68.7% of people drive. Only 0.4% use public transport, and the 7.9% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%.

7.9% ▲ +84.8%

Lower than 86% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 4.8%
  • 2021: 7.9%

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

0.4% ▼ -0.2%

Lower than 60% of postcode areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 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 2720, NSW, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 9%.

Public transport access

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

Access to transit is very limited, with only one stop and five routes serving the area. The number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people are both far below the New South Wales average, and all available services are buses.

0.12

Lower than 84% 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).

1.9

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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in 2720, NSW [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2720/2720-nsw/topic/transport