5.9% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blue Mountains · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Blue Mountains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has surged to 36.6% in the Blue Mountains since 2011, marking a massive 30 point increase. This shift is part of a broader change in how people move, with a strong reliance on private cars and a sharp drop in public transport use for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, and 37.7% have two. Only 5.9% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little below the national average and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Blue Mountains splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Remote work is far more common here than across Australia, with 36.6% of people working from home. This helps explain why only 1.3% of the workforce uses public transport, a figure that has fallen 6.5 points since 2011.
36.6% ▲ +488.3%
Higher than 89% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 36.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -83.0%
Lower than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
The area has 728 public transport stops, which is more than 91% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
728
Higher than 87% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.34
Higher than 97% 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).
789.8
Higher than 50% 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).
44
Higher than 75% 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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/12401/blue-mountains/topic/transport