8.2% ▼ -44.6%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.8%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Walgett - Lightning Ridge · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Walgett - Lightning Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.3% of people in Walgett - Lightning Ridge use public transport to get to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the area has very few transit options compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas, though this is down 6.6 percentage points since 2011. Most households rely on one or two cars, with 38.2% owning one and 33.3% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Walgett - Lightning Ridge splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 10.6% walk. The number of people working from home is 13.8%, which is well below the national figure of 21%.
13.8% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -56.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Public transport is very limited, with only 0.54 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 5.27. All available services are buses, but weekly departures are much lower than in most other areas.
3
Lower than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.54
Lower than 94% 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).
5.8
Lower than 96% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Walgett - Lightning Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/105011096/walgett-lightning-ridge/topic/transport