5.1% —
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Macquarie - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Port Macquarie - South
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 65% of workers in Port Macquarie - South drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars for daily travel. While the area has a good number of transit stops, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.7% owning two. Only 5.1% 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 →Port Macquarie - South splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.4%. This is much lower than most areas and also a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
14.0% —
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 89 public transport stops and 12 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 547.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
89
Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.15
Higher than 62% 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).
547.6
Lower than 60% 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 to a transit stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 12 minutes.
12
Higher than 73% 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 Port Macquarie - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108041620/port-macquarie-south/topic/transport