5.1% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bermagui · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Bermagui
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport to get to work in Bermagui than in the rest of the state. While the town has a high number of bus stops, almost everyone relies on their own car for daily travel. Most homes here have one or two vehicles to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Around 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households rely on a few cars, with 40.5% owning one and 38.9% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bermagui splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in Bermagui commutes to work using public transport. The majority of workers drive themselves (55.9%) or work from home (15.7%), though the share of people working from home is far below the state figure of 31%.
15.7% ▲ +83.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 15.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Bermagui has 23 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the weekly number of departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.
23
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.
12.33
Higher than 88% 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).
138.9
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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 the nearest stop takes a long time here, with a typical walk of 54 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
54
Higher than 82% 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 Bermagui [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10307/bermagui/topic/transport