7.1% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Lightning Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Lightning Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Lightning Ridge compared to the rest of the country, with only 9.5% doing so. Most residents rely on cars to get around, which is common for a place with very limited public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 43.8% owning one and 35.2% owning two. About 7.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Lightning Ridge, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 59.5% of people being the driver. Only 0.7% use public transport, and 9.1% walk to their jobs.
9.5% ▲ +11.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +68.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Public transport is very limited, consisting only of buses with just one stop and three routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.51
Higher than 59% 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).
7.2
Higher than 58% 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).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Lightning Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12329/lightning-ridge/topic/transport