7.6% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goulburn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Goulburn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport use separates Goulburn from the rest of the state, with almost no one using it to commute. Very few people work from home here, and the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Goulburn have at least one car, with 38.6% having one and 34.4% having two. The proportion of homes with no motor vehicle fell to 7.6% in 2021, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Goulburn splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by cars, as only 0.4% of people use public transport, which is much lower than most areas. Working from home is also far below the national figure of 21%, with only 6.9% of the workforce doing so.
6.9% —
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While Goulburn has 51 routes and 72 stops, it has far fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people than the state average. Bus services make up 95.2% of the public transport options, with trains accounting for 4.8%.
72
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.93
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
91.7
Lower than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).
51
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The drive time to the city is among the highest for similar areas at 114 minutes. However, the walk to the nearest public transport stop is around the middle for its level, taking about 5 minutes.
5
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.
114
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Goulburn
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101051539/goulburn/topic/transport