4.1% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gerringong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gerringong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer households go without a car in Gerringong compared to the state and national figures. Only 4.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, making it a place where most residents rely heavily on their own transport. This dependence is clear in how people travel for work and the long drive time to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 42.9% owning two and 12.8% owning three. Only 4.1% of households are without a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gerringong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work and 25% work from home, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.2%.
25.0% ▲ +400.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -90.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 has 14 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.36
Higher than 71% 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).
119.8
Higher than 71% 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).
5
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 walk to the nearest stop takes only 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. In contrast, the 92-minute drive to the city is higher than in most similar places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Gerringong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11610/gerringong/topic/transport