3.3% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Inverell Surrounds - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Inverell Surrounds - West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the people who work in Inverell Surrounds - West drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars. Very few homes get by without a vehicle, and public transport options are very limited. This makes private transport the primary way people move around the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own multiple cars, with 36.6% having two and 11% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Inverell Surrounds - West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 21.7% of the workforce, a figure that has risen since 2011. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.2%, which is a little below the national average.
21.7% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -62.0%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is sparse, with only 4 routes and 13 stops across the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all available services are buses.
13
Lower than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.27
Lower than 77% 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).
14.6
Lower than 89% 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).
4
Lower than 71% 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 Inverell Surrounds - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110021193/inverell-surrounds-west/topic/transport