6.0% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gunnedah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Gunnedah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households without a car lived in Gunnedah in 2021 compared to 2011, with the figure falling by 3.7 percentage points. Most homes now own at least one vehicle, and about 38% have two. This reliance on cars is reflected in how people get to work and the lack of frequent public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 6.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. The most common arrangement is two vehicles per home, at 38.2%, followed by one vehicle at 36.7%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Gunnedah splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the main way to get to work, with 66.1% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 6.6%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
6.6% ▲ +88.9%
Lower than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.8% ▲ +675.2%
Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
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.
While Gunnedah has 51 public transport stops, there are far fewer weekly departures per 1,000 people than the New South Wales figure. Buses make up almost all of the available services at 98.7%.
51
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.23
Higher than 63% 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).
108.9
Lower than 80% 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).
8
Higher than 52% 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 transport stop can take a long time here, with a typical walk of 34 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
34
Higher than 88% 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 Gunnedah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041199/gunnedah/topic/transport