3.7% ▼ -48.9%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gloucester · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Gloucester
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 0.4% of workers use public transport to get to work in Gloucester, highlighting a heavy reliance on private cars. This is a small fraction of the workforce, which is consistent with the town's limited transit options and high car ownership.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes are without a car, at just 3.7%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own one or two vehicles, and the share of car-free homes has fallen 3.6 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gloucester splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.6% of residents. While 16.3% now work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
16.3% ▲ +47.7%
Higher than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -37.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Public transport is scarce, with only 3.01 stops per 1,000 people, which is far below the state average. This lack of access is reflected in the weekly departures, which are much lower than most other areas.
16
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.01
Lower than 69% 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).
26.7
Lower than 85% 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).
15
Higher than 78% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108051167/gloucester/topic/transport