7.8% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cessnock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cessnock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people rely on public transport to get to work in Cessnock, where 61.6% of workers drive themselves. While the area has a high number of transit stops, the vast majority of the population depends on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.5% owning one vehicle and 33.6% owning two. However, 7.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cessnock, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, with only 10% of people doing so, which is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 0.5% of the workforce uses public transport to commute, a rate slightly below the state and national figures.
10.0% ▲ +384.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Cessnock has 84 public transport stops across 8 routes, which is among the largest for an area of this size. Despite having many stops, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
84
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.15
Higher than 78% 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).
341.0
Higher than 75% 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.
A typical resident can walk to their nearest stop in just 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 100 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
100
Higher than 69% 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)).
- 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 Cessnock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10877/cessnock/topic/transport