4.1% ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Urunga · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Urunga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people live without a car in Urunga than in the rest of the state, with only 4.1% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is seen in the way people get to work and the limited use of public transport. Most residents depend on their own wheels to get around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Typical homes here have one or two vehicles, with 39.6% owning two. The proportion of households without a car is well below the national figure of 7.4% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Urunga splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65.8% of residents. Very few people use public transport, at just 0.2%, and the 11.9% who work from home is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
11.9% ▲ +63.9%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -33.7%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Urunga has 24 public transport routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. Buses make up almost all of the available services at 94.3%.
23
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.69
Higher than 56% 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).
99.4
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).
24
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.
Getting to the nearest stop is a challenge for many, as the typical walk takes 38 minutes. This is much higher than in most other similar areas.
38
Higher than 89% 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 Urunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104021090/urunga/topic/transport