2.3% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jindabyne · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jindabyne
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Jindabyne compared to the rest of the state, with only 2.3% of households without a vehicle. This heavy reliance on private transport is a key feature of the area, where the vast majority of residents depend on cars for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 38.7% owning two and 17.1% owning three. This is reflected in the low number of car-less households, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jindabyne, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 56.9% of residents. Only 10.9% work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%, and public transport use for commuting is very low at 0.5%.
10.9% ▲ +119.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▲ +4.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Jindabyne has more public transport routes and stops than most similar areas, though all services are buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.67
Higher than 64% 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).
238.8
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 nearby stop can take up to 75 minutes, which is among the highest times for areas of this level.
75
Higher than 94% 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 Jindabyne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12039/jindabyne/topic/transport