16.5% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shellharbour City Centre · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Shellharbour City Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A high number of residents in Shellharbour City Centre get around by car, with 44.1% of workers driving to their jobs. While most households rely on vehicles, 16.5% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Typical homes have one vehicle, but Shellharbour City Centre has a much higher rate of households without a car than both New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Shellharbour City Centre, 1 vehicle is the majority at 63%; 2 vehicles is next at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 28% of staff, which is well above the national figure. In contrast, nobody here commutes to work using public transport.
28.0% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Public transport is highly accessible, with 12 stops and 10 routes serving the area. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far above the New South Wales average.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
26.26
Higher than 96% 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).
5,083.2
Higher 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).
10
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.
It takes about 6 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is lower than most similar areas. The drive time to the city is 79 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
79
Higher than 56% 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 Shellharbour City Centre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13549/shellharbour-city-centre/topic/transport