4.1% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven · Region (SA4)
Transport & Vehicles in Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people are working from home in Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven than in 2011, as the region's reliance on cars continues to grow. Only 4.1% of homes now have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This makes the area much more dependent on private transport than most other parts of the country.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 38.4% owning two vehicles. Only 4.1% of households have no car, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen by 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.4% of residents, while only 0.4% use public transport. This is among the lowest rates for this level, although the 16.5% of people working from home is higher than in most areas.
16.5% ▲ +157.2%
Higher than 63% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -61.6%
Lower than 92% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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 6.79 public transport stops per 1,000 people—well above the New South Wales figure—actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and the network is almost entirely buses.
1,094
Higher than 50% of region (sa4) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.79
Higher than 95% 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).
210.8
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).
66
Lower than 60% 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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Southern Highlands and Shoalhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/114/southern-highlands-and-shoalhaven/topic/transport