6.0% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mudgee · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Mudgee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Mudgee compared to the rest of the state, with only 6.8% doing so. This reliance on traditional workplaces is mirrored by a strong dependence on private cars for travel. Most households here own at least one vehicle, and very few residents use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private car ownership is high in Mudgee, where 39.8% of homes have two vehicles and 6% of homes have none. This lack of a car is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and the proportion of carless homes has fallen by 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mudgee, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 67.2% of people commuting as a driver. Very few people use public transport to get to work (0.3%), and only 6.8% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
6.8% ▲ +80.6%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.3%
- 2016: 0.1%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Mudgee has more public transport routes than 84% of similar areas, the service is limited. There are 43 stops, but the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are by bus.
43
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.42
Lower than 63% 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).
94.1
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).
17
Higher than 82% 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.
Residents typically walk for 3 minutes to reach their nearest public transport stop, which is lower than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 71% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Mudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103031072/mudgee/topic/transport