5.7% ▼ -23.7%
Higher than 54% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riverina · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Riverina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport in the Riverina than in the rest of New South Wales. With only 0.4% of workers commuting by transit and a very low number of weekly departures, the region relies heavily on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in the Riverina have at least one car, with 37.5% owning two and 14.5% owning three. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Riverina splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 68.2% of residents. Working from home is much less common here than across Australia, at 8.9% compared to the national figure of 21.0%.
8.9% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 73% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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.
Public transport is limited, with a total of 723 stops across the region. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and services are almost entirely buses.
723
Lower than 69% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.42
Lower than 58% 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).
189.1
Lower than 83% 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).
70
Lower than 56% 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 Riverina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/113/riverina/topic/transport