0.4% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murrumbateman · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murrumbateman
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 0.4% of households in Murrumbateman have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages. This high level of car ownership is essential for the area, where the vast majority of people rely on driving to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 45.2% of homes owning two vehicles and 18.2% owning four or more. Very few households are without a car, which is around the middle for similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murrumbateman, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.3% of people as the driver. Those working from home make up 14.8% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
14.8% ▲ +156.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -68.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
While there are 29 public transport stops and 5 routes, making it larger than most similar areas, the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and all services are buses.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.04
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).
57.7
Higher than 64% 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).
5
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 stop is quick, with the typical walk to the nearest one taking just one minute, which is much lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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 Murrumbateman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12871/murrumbateman/topic/transport