6.1% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
New England and North West · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in New England and North West
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Six out of ten workers in New England and North West drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While most households own at least one vehicle, public transport options are very limited compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little below the national figure and has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →New England and North West splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home rose to 15% since 2011, though this remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.6%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
15.0% ▲ +70.7%
Higher than 60% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ +4.6%
Lower than 83% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 mainly provided by buses, but weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average. With 823 stops and 52 routes, the network is smaller than about 65% to 72% of similar areas.
823
Lower than 64% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.44
Lower than 57% 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).
156.4
Lower than 86% 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).
52
Lower than 72% 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 New England and North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/110/new-england-and-north-west/topic/transport