5.6% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 52% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Central West · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Central West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer households are without a car in the Central West than in 2011, as the area relies heavily on private vehicles. While more people now work from home, the region remains dominated by car travel and a public transport system that is far less frequent than the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 37.4% of homes owning two vehicles and 5.6% having none. This lack of a car is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Central West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to travel, with 65.1% of workers being the driver. Working from home rose to 11.9% since 2011, though this is still far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.
11.9% ▲ +65.8%
Lower than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -43.6%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) 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.
The region has 1,177 public transport stops, which is more than half of similar areas, but the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
1,177
Higher than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.53
Higher than 77% of region (sa4) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
292.0
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) 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).
127
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) 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 Central West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/103/central-west/topic/transport