5.5% ▼ -32.9%
Lower than 55% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mid North Coast · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Mid North Coast
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in the Mid North Coast relies on a car, with only 5.5% of households having no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private transport is mirrored in the daily commute, where the vast majority of people drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 75.9% of homes owning one or two vehicles and 18.6% owning three or more. The share of homes without a car has fallen by 2.7 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area with a lower rate of carless homes than the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Mid North Coast splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.4% of workers use public transport to get to work, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011. Working from home has risen to 11.7%, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
11.7% ▲ +83.4%
Lower than 55% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -31.6%
Lower than 91% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 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.
While the region has a higher number of transport stops than most similar areas, service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, with buses making up 99.5% of the available public transport modes.
1,195
Higher than 55% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.22
Higher than 71% 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).
214.0
Lower than 80% 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).
99
Higher than 74% 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 Mid North Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/108/mid-north-coast/topic/transport