3.7% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Howlong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Howlong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Howlong compared to the rest of the country. Most residents rely on private cars to get around, and very few use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home in Howlong has a car, with 41.8% owning two vehicles. Only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Howlong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in the area commutes by public transport, and only 8.4% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Nearly 70% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
8.4% ▲ +40.7%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
While Howlong has 17 public transport stops and 5 routes—more than about 86% of similar areas—service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
17
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.
5.67
Higher than 80% 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).
61.4
Higher than 64% 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.
Getting to a stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 68 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
68
Higher than 90% 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.
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).
More for Howlong
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Howlong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11957/howlong/topic/transport