4.4% ▼ -42.1%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Maclean - Yamba - Iluka · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Maclean - Yamba - Iluka
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.3% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs in Maclean - Yamba - Iluka, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. Most homes have at least one vehicle, and very few people work from home compared to the rest of the state. This is a region where the car is the primary way to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Far fewer homes here are without a motor vehicle compared to the state average, with only 4.4% having none. Most households own either one or two vehicles, and the proportion of car-free homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Maclean - Yamba - Iluka splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the dominant choice for travel, with 62% of people driving to work. Working from home is much less common here than in the rest of Australia, where only 11.7% of the workforce does so.
11.7% ▲ +69.7%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 the area has 73 public transport stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure. Services are almost entirely provided by buses, with a small number of ferry options.
73
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.16
Lower than 52% 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).
157.6
Lower than 77% 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).
7
Lower than 52% 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.
Getting to a transport stop takes longer here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 74% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Maclean - Yamba - Iluka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104011082/maclean-yamba-iluka/topic/transport