12.9% ▼ -31.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
East Gosford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in East Gosford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people lack a car in East Gosford than in most similar areas, with 12.9% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. Despite this, the area is exceptionally well-connected for public transport and has a high number of people working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13% of households do not own a car, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do have vehicles, nearly half of all homes have just one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In East Gosford, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.6% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian average of 21%. About 45% of workers drive themselves to work.
30.6% ▲ +600.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.5% ▼ -67.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
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.
The area is highly accessible, with 28 public transport stops and 19 routes, which is among the largest for similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though all services are buses.
28
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.
6.38
Higher than 83% 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).
2,491.0
Higher than 94% 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).
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
21,204
Higher than 75% 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).
21,204
Higher than 50% 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 a transport stop is very easy, with a typical walk of only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 57 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
57
Lower than 58% 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 East Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11352/east-gosford/topic/transport