Gundagai · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Gundagai

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Fewer than 5% of homes in Gundagai have no motor vehicle, highlighting how essential cars are for daily life here. Most households rely on multiple vehicles to get around, with 69% of homes owning two or more cars.

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📍 Gundagai, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is high, with 37.2% of homes having two vehicles and 16.4% having three. Only 4.4% of households lack a car, a figure that is well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.

4.4% ▼ -25.6%

Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 5.0%
  • 2021: 4.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gundagai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Private cars are the primary way to get to work, while only 0.7% of people use public transport. Those working from home make up 12.4% of the workforce, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.

12.4% ▲ +9.5%

Lower than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 11.3%
  • 2016: 9.3%
  • 2021: 12.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.7% ▲ +82.1%

Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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.

How people get to work

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In Gundagai, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 14%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is very limited, with only 4 stops and a rate of 11.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6. All available services are buses.

4

Lower than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

1.08

Lower than 88% 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).

11.3

Lower than 92% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a transport stop is difficult for many, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 69 minutes, which is among the highest times for areas of this level.

69

Higher than 98% 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 Gundagai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/113031264/gundagai/topic/transport