6.6% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Armidale · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Armidale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work in Armidale, with only 0.3% doing so. The area relies heavily on private cars and home-based work, while public transport options are much more limited than in other parts of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 36.4% have two. While 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, this is a little below the New South Wales figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Armidale splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, rising 14 points since 2011 to reach 23.1%, which is a little above the national figure. Over half of the workforce drive themselves to work, and very few use public transport.
23.1% ▲ +156.3%
Higher than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -56.3%
Lower than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport is far less available here than in the rest of the state, with only 181.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people. The network consists of 16 routes and 134 stops, almost entirely served by buses.
134
Lower than 75% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.57
Lower than 66% 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).
181.3
Lower than 73% 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).
16
Lower than 68% 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 Armidale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11001/armidale/topic/transport