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Transport & Vehicles in Rugby

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Every single home in Rugby now has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a total reliance on cars for getting around. While the area has no public transport options, nearly 30% of workers now operate from home, which is well above the national figure.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, with 0% of homes lacking a motor vehicle—a figure well below the New South Wales and Australian averages. Most households own two vehicles, while about 18% have three.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Rugby, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Nearly 30% of residents work from home, which is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the national average. No one here uses public transport to get to work; instead, 47% of the workforce drive themselves.

29.4%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 16.3%
  • 2021: 29.4%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Rugby, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 38%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes in Rugby. This puts the area far below the New South Wales average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rugby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13453/rugby/topic/transport