6.2% ▼ -35.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Budgewoi · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Budgewoi
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people use public transport to get to work in Budgewoi than the national figure. While 34 stops provide a high level of local access, the area remains heavily reliant on cars for daily travel. Most households own at least one vehicle, and very few residents commute via bus or train.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 41% of homes have one car and 35.8% have two. Only 6.2% of Budgewoi households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Budgewoi, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to travel, with 54.7% of workers driving and 19.3% working from home. Only 0.3% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
19.3% ▲ +623.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -78.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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.
Budgewoi has 34 public transport stops, putting it among the largest at this level. With 9.72 stops per 1,000 people, access is far above the New South Wales figure, though all services are bus-based.
34
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.72
Higher than 87% 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).
1,198.5
Higher than 87% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,909
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
9,909
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop is very quick, with a typical walk of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 76 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
76
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Budgewoi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10639/budgewoi/topic/transport