5.6% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bathurst · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Bathurst
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily life in Bathurst, where only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. While there are many public transport stops, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Bathurst have at least one car, with 37.5% owning two vehicles. The share of homes without a vehicle is 5.6%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bathurst splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.3%. While the number of people working from home rose to 11.8% since 2011, this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
11.8% ▲ +139.0%
Lower than 60% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -42.8%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Bathurst has 352 public transport stops and 67 routes, meaning it has more stops per 1,000 people than the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
352
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.16
Higher than 89% 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).
519.7
Lower than 59% 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).
67
Higher than 86% 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 Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10301/bathurst/topic/transport