4.6% ▼ -20.9%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Singleton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Singleton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.3% of workers in Singleton use public transport to get to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. With a typical drive to the city taking 123 minutes, most residents depend on their own vehicles for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 40.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.6% owning three. Only 4.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Singleton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 61.6% of people. While working from home rose to 10.2% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure of 21%.
10.2% ▲ +376.2%
Lower than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
The area has 66 public transport stops and 12 routes, though weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure. Almost all available public transport is provided by buses, making up 97.4% of the mode share.
66
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.88
Lower than 57% 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).
191.5
Lower than 75% 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.
Getting around is dominated by long distances, with a typical drive to the city taking 123 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for similar areas, and the 7-minute walk to the nearest stop is higher than in most places.
7
Higher than 61% 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.
123
Higher than 93% 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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106011112/singleton/topic/transport