4.9% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oberon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oberon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 39% of Oberon households own two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. Most residents rely heavily on their own transport for daily needs and work, as the town sits about 150 minutes away from the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 4.9% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Oberon splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 68.3% of residents. Only 0.4% use public transport, and the 7.8% who work from home is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.8% ▲ +90.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -54.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
The area has 17 public transport stops and two bus routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, with only 42.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
17
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.
5.12
Higher than 78% 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).
42.2
Higher than 62% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 the city takes a long time, with a drive time of 150 minutes. On a local level, the walk to the nearest stop takes about 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
150
Higher than 90% 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 Oberon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13079/oberon/topic/transport