4.2% ▼ -54.0%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Evans Head · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Evans Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Evans Head, where only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below both the state and national figures, reflecting a community that relies heavily on driving to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and the number of households without a vehicle has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011. Only 4.2% of homes are without a car, which is much lower than the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Evans Head splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost no one uses public transport to get to work, with only 0.1% doing so. While 11.4% of people work from home—a rise of 5.1 percentage points since 2011—this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
11.4% ▲ +82.0%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.1% ▼ -65.2%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.1%
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.
There are 79 public transport stops and 5 bus routes, meaning Evans Head has far more stops per person than the state average. However, the actual number of weekly departures is far below the state figure, as the area is served only by buses.
79
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.00
Higher than 90% 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).
158.1
Lower than 77% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 4 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, which is around the middle for similar areas.
4
Lower than 57% 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 Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/112011241/evans-head/topic/transport