0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Megalong Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Megalong Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 22 percentage point gap separates Megalong Valley from the national average for working from home, where 43.1% of residents do so. This remote area relies heavily on private cars and home-based work, with virtually no one using public transport to get to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is nearly universal here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households are well-equipped, with 47.1% owning two vehicles and 15.7% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Megalong Valley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common at 43.1%, which is far above the 21.0% national figure. No one in the area commutes using public transport, and most others rely on driving themselves to work.
43.1% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
Public transport is almost non-existent with zero stops and zero routes available. This means the area is far below the New South Wales average for both transport stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,764
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
5,764
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is a long journey, with a drive time of 102 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
102
Higher than 70% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Megalong Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12567/megalong-valley/topic/transport