5.8% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Quirindi · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Quirindi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without cars and more people working from home have shaped how Quirindi moves since 2011. Most households now own at least one vehicle, with 36.5% owning two. This reliance on private transport is clear, as only 0.5% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 5.8% of homes in Quirindi have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This is a decrease of 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Quirindi splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.3% of residents. While 16.2% of people now work from home—an increase of 3.2 percentage points since 2011—this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
16.2% ▲ +24.8%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -16.6%
Lower than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Quirindi has 12.58 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average of 5.27. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and the service is almost entirely buses.
95
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.58
Higher than 89% 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).
197.2
Lower than 75% 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).
5
Lower than 64% 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 Quirindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/110041201/quirindi/topic/transport