7.8% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Goulburn · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Goulburn
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on cars defines daily travel in Goulburn, where nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of public transport routes, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have one or two cars, though 7.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Goulburn, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 39%, 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 6.9% of people doing so, which is far below both the state and national figures. Public transport use is also very low, with only 0.4% of workers using it to get to work.
6.9% ▲ +164.5%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Goulburn has some of the largest numbers of public transport stops and routes for its size, with 72 stops and 51 routes. However, weekly departures per person are far below the New South Wales average.
72
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.00
Higher than 69% 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).
94.0
Higher than 68% 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).
51
Higher than 88% 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.
It takes much longer to drive to the city from here than from most other areas, with a typical trip lasting 113 minutes. On the plus side, walking to the nearest transport stop is very quick, taking only one minute.
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.
113
Higher than 77% 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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11731/goulburn/topic/transport