5.1% ▼ -30.8%
Lower than 55% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orange · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Orange
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more public transport stops are available in Orange than in most similar areas, yet very few people actually use these services. While the town has 376 stops, only 0.4% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are common here, with 39.3% of homes owning two vehicles and only 5.1% having none. This lack of vehicle-free households is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Orange, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.6% of people as the driver. Those working from home make up 12.1% of the workforce, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
12.1% ▲ +115.1%
Lower than 58% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Orange has 6.14 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average, and 54 different routes. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
376
Higher than 62% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.14
Higher than 82% 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).
383.8
Lower than 64% 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).
54
Higher than 83% 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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10304/orange/topic/transport