6.2% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 61% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lithgow - Mudgee · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Lithgow - Mudgee
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Lithgow - Mudgee compared to the state average, with only 11.5% doing so. This region relies heavily on private cars for travel, as public transport use remains very low. Most homes have at least one vehicle to get around the large area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 36% having two and 14.9% having three. Only 6.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Lithgow - Mudgee splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (36%) and 1 vehicle (33%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 63.8% of people commuting as the driver. Only 0.2% of workers use public transport, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas.
11.5% ▲ +79.0%
Lower than 63% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -64.5%
Lower than 93% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
While there are 275 public transport stops and 64 routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure. Bus services make up 91.1% of the available options.
275
Higher than 50% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.74
Higher than 77% 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).
199.6
Lower than 71% 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).
64
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit point can be difficult in this region, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 46 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this activity.
46
Higher than 90% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Lithgow - Mudgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10303/lithgow-mudgee/topic/transport