6.4% ▼ -20.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Uralla · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Uralla
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of workers in Uralla drive themselves to work, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily travel. While most homes have at least one vehicle, the town has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops compared to similar areas. However, very few people actually use these services for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, with 37.2% falling into each category. Only 6.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Uralla splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 56.4% of residents. Working from home is used by 17.8% of people, a figure that is well below the national average of 21%.
17.8% ▲ +210.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -71.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Uralla has 19 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
19
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.
6.96
Higher than 85% 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).
137.5
Higher than 72% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes typically 25 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.
25
Higher than 63% 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 Uralla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14069/uralla/topic/transport