4.2% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Bega · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Bega
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in Bega are without a car than in 2011, as the area relies heavily on private vehicles. While 12.2% of people now work from home, the vast majority still use a car to get to their jobs. This high car reliance is clear across the region, with very few residents using public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 4.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households have at least one car, with 38.9% owning two and 12.5% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Bega splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (39%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 63.7% of people as the driver. Very few people use public transport (0.4%), and while the number of people working from home rose to 12.2% since 2011, this is still far below the state figure of 31.0%.
12.2% ▲ +68.8%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -44.2%
Lower than 94% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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.
Bega has 5.96 stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average, and all services are provided by buses.
456
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.96
Higher than 77% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
163.7
Lower than 86% of state electorate 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).
13
Lower than 81% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Bega [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10009/bega/topic/transport