4.3% ▼ -37.9%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Richmond Valley - Coastal · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Richmond Valley - Coastal
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Richmond Valley - Coastal go without a car compared to the state average. Only 4.3% of households lack a motor vehicle, making car ownership much more common here than across New South Wales. This heavy reliance on private cars shapes how people move around the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.2% owning two and 13% owning three. The proportion of households without a vehicle has fallen since 2011, and at 4.3%, it is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Richmond Valley - Coastal splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen to 20.5%, which is about the same as the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.3% doing so, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
20.5% ▲ +127.2%
Higher than 72% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 91% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
While the area has more public transport stops per person than most areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average. All available services are buses, as there are no trains, trams, or ferries.
525
Higher than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.98
Higher than 80% 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).
196.6
Lower than 72% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a public transport stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 9 minutes.
9
Higher than 63% 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 Richmond Valley - Coastal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11201/richmond-valley-coastal/topic/transport