6.4% ▼ -30.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orange · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Orange
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops than most similar areas serve Orange, though the city relies heavily on cars. While the network is extensive, very few people use it for their daily commute, and working from home is far less common here than in the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Orange have at least one car, with 38.6% owning two. About 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Orange splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 67.8% of people. Only 10.1% work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 31.0%.
10.1% ▲ +267.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -56.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 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.
Orange has 325 public transport stops and 50 routes, which is among the largest number for an area of this level. Despite having 7.88 stops per 1,000 people—well above the state figure—weekly departures are far below the state average.
325
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.88
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).
547.4
Higher than 79% 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).
50
Higher than 88% 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.
It takes about 8 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, a time that is around the middle for similar areas.
8
Lower than 57% 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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13103/orange/topic/transport