2.0% ▼ -34.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ourimbah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ourimbah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and services are found in Ourimbah than in most similar areas. This is a car-reliant place where very few households lack a vehicle, though about one in four people now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households own at least two cars, with 41.5% of homes having exactly two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ourimbah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of workers drive to their jobs, while 24.7% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average of 21%. Only 1.3% use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.
24.7% ▲ +334.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -77.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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.
Ourimbah has 47 public transport stops and 5 routes, putting it among the highest for access in its class. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are well above the New South Wales figure.
47
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.
11.69
Higher than 88% 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).
1,775.1
Higher than 90% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is challenging for some, as the walk to the nearest stop can take up to 84 minutes. The drive time to the city is also among the highest for similar areas at 178 minutes.
84
Higher 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.
178
Higher than 95% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Ourimbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13114/ourimbah/topic/transport