7.6% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Inverell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Inverell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 69% of workers in Inverell drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on private cars. While the town has a fair amount of public transport infrastructure, very few people use it for their daily commute. This reliance on vehicles is seen across the board, with most homes owning at least one car.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is one vehicle (38%) or two vehicles (35.2%) per home.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Inverell splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.2% of people commute using public transport, and just 7.4% work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21% and the state's 31% for working from home.
7.4% ▲ +50.7%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -32.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.2%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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.
Inverell has 35 public transport stops and 9 routes, which are among the largest numbers for an area of this size. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
35
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.90
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).
35.2
Higher than 61% 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).
9
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 transit stop takes longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 23 minutes.
23
Higher than 61% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Inverell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11990/inverell/topic/transport