8.0% ▼ -27.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Murwillumbah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Murwillumbah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Murwillumbah than across the rest of the country. While most residents rely on cars, the town has a high number of public transport stops for its size. Only 10% of workers stay home for their jobs, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8% of homes in Murwillumbah have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. Most households have one or two vehicles, with 41.6% owning one and 35.6% owning two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Murwillumbah, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by the car, as 66.4% of people drive themselves. Only 0.5% use public transport, a figure that is a little below the New South Wales and Australian averages.
10.0% ▲ +175.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
Murwillumbah has 33 public transport stops and 11 routes, which is among the largest for its area type. However, the 149.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
33
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.
4.33
Higher than 75% 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).
149.6
Higher than 72% 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).
11
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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop is quick, taking only 3 minutes on average. This is much lower than most other similar areas.
3
Lower 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.
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 Murwillumbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12877/murwillumbah/topic/transport