5.5% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Macquarie · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Port Macquarie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport to get to work in Port Macquarie than in most other areas, with only 0.4% doing so. This highlights a heavy reliance on private cars for daily travel across the region. While the area has a fair number of transport routes, actual service frequency is much lower than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, and 36.9% have two. Only 5.5% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Macquarie splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.3% of people as the driver. Those working from home rose to 12.4% since 2011, though this remains far below the state figure of 31%.
12.4% ▲ +118.4%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 is almost entirely buses, as the region has very few trains. With 348 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
281
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.24
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).
348.0
Lower than 66% 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).
39
Higher than 70% 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)).
More for Port Macquarie
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10804/port-macquarie/topic/transport