3.9% —
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Young - Yass · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Young - Yass
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are working from home in Young - Yass than in 2016, though the area remains heavily dependent on cars. Very few households get by without a vehicle, and public transport use stays exceptionally low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own at least two cars, with 37.7% having exactly two and another 29.6% owning three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Young - Yass, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 14.5% since 2016, but this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. The vast majority of workers rely on cars, while only 0.4% use public transport to get to work.
14.5% —
Higher than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% —
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 access is far below the state average, with only 2.04 stops per 1,000 people. This explains why weekly departures per 1,000 people are much lower than most areas, at just 25.9.
78
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.04
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
25.9
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
42
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Young - Yass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10106/young-yass/topic/transport