5.6% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mittagong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Mittagong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Mittagong than across New South Wales, with only 23.8% doing so. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute. Most households rely heavily on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 34.4% have two. Only 5.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mittagong, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 23.8% of residents, though this is well below the state average. Only 1.1% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national figure.
23.8% ▲ +248.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -58.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Mittagong has 50 public transport stops and 10 routes, providing much better access than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
50
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.
8.21
Higher than 86% 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).
295.4
Higher than 75% 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).
10
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.
A typical trip to the city takes 76 minutes. It takes much longer to reach the nearest stop on foot here than in most similar areas, with a typical walk of 49 minutes.
49
Higher than 79% 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.
76
Higher than 54% 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)).
- 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 Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12664/mittagong/topic/transport