6.6% ▼ -21.1%
Higher than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Muswellbrook · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Muswellbrook
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.2% of workers in Muswellbrook use public transport to get to their jobs. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest transit use across the country, where a huge majority of the population relies on cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, and the number of households without any motor vehicle has fallen to 6.6%. This figure is a little below the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Muswellbrook splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 7.7%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. This trend is consistent with the fact that 67.8% of the workforce relies on driving themselves to work.
7.7% ▲ +244.6%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Muswellbrook has 67 public transport stops, which is more than 72% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
67
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.46
Higher than 66% 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).
142.8
Lower than 78% 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).
13
Higher than 73% 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 Muswellbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106041126/muswellbrook/topic/transport