8.9% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 8.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bega · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bega
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Driving is the dominant way of life in Bega, where nearly 64% of workers rely on their own car to get to the job. While there are more public transport stops here than in most similar areas, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one vehicle, though 8.9% of Bega homes have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas and sits slightly above the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bega splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 7.5%, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, though 8% of the workforce walk to their jobs.
7.5% ▲ +69.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ +63.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Bega has 21 public transport stops and 8 routes, which is more than about 89% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.19
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
134.6
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality 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).
8
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a stop is relatively easy, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes only 4 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
4
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10253/bega/topic/transport