3.8% ▼ -36.1%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orange - North · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Orange - North
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 70% of workers in Orange - North drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. This is a high-vehicle area where very few homes go without a motor vehicle, and the typical household owns two or more. While the area has a high number of transport stops, actual usage of these services remains very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with 43.4% owning two vehicles. Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Orange - North, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here at 10.6%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.4%, and this has barely changed since 2011.
10.6% ▲ +260.9%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -54.6%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
The area has 143 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for areas of this size. However, there are far fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people than the New South Wales average.
143
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.25
Higher than 75% 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).
392.3
Lower than 66% 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).
12
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes about 11 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
11
Higher than 72% 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 Orange - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/103041078/orange-north/topic/transport