6.6% ▼ -22.8%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cessnock · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Cessnock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people use public transport to get to work in Cessnock, where 61.8% of the workforce drive themselves. While the area has a high number of transit stops, the typical commute is dominated by private cars and a long 99-minute drive to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Cessnock own at least one car, with 34.9% having two and 12.9% owning three. Only 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Cessnock splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of Australia, at just 10.4%. Only 0.4% of people use public transport to commute, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
10.4% ▲ +386.5%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 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.
Cessnock has 164 public transport stops, which is among the largest number of stops for an area of this level. However, the 324.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
164
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.98
Higher than 83% 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).
324.4
Lower than 69% 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).
8
Higher 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.
A 99-minute drive to the city is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this distance, the walk to the nearest public transport stop takes around 4 minutes, which is about average for its level.
4
Lower than 57% 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.
99
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106011108/cessnock/topic/transport