4.7% —
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Yass · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Yass
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Yass than across New South Wales, with only 11.1% doing so. This reliance on traditional travel is mirrored by a high dependence on cars, as only 4.7% of homes have no motor vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own at least one car, and 37.6% have two. The proportion of homes without a vehicle is a little below the Australian figure of 7.4% and has barely changed since 2016.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Yass splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 64.5% as the driver. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.9%), a figure that is a little below the national average of 3.1%.
11.1% —
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% —
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
Public transport service is far below the state level, with only 55.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people compared to 1,313.6 across New South Wales. Most of the 36 available routes are bus services.
20
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.96
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).
55.6
Lower than 84% 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).
36
Higher than 86% 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.
Despite the lower frequency of services, it is quicker to reach a stop here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
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 Yass
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Yass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101061541/yass/topic/transport