5.7% ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lachlan Valley · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Lachlan Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes without a car is the biggest change in Lachlan Valley since 2011. This region relies heavily on private vehicles for travel, with only 0.8% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, and the 5.7% who have none is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. This trend is growing, as the share of carless homes fell by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lachlan Valley splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get around, with 63.8% of people driving to work. Only 12.1% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
12.1% ▲ +6.3%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -22.6%
Lower than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 options are very limited, with only 3.18 stops per 1,000 people, far below the state average. Weekly departures are also much lower than most areas, with buses making up almost all of the available services.
174
Lower than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.18
Lower than 72% 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).
65.3
Lower than 84% 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).
34
Higher than 61% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lachlan Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10302/lachlan-valley/topic/transport