6.1% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blue Mountains · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Blue Mountains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 36% of workers in the Blue Mountains now work from home, a figure far above the national rate. While the area has many transport stops and routes, the vast majority of residents still rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 37.3% owning two. Only 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Blue Mountains splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has jumped 30 points since 2011, while public transport use for commuting has fallen to just 1.3%. Driving a car remains the most common way to get to work at 39.4%.
36.0% ▲ +458.7%
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% ▼ -82.3%
Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 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.
The region has 677 public transport stops, which is among the highest for its level and far above the state average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the New South Wales figure.
677
Higher than 96% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.37
Higher than 99% 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).
823.1
Lower than 58% 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).
44
Higher than 80% 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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10011/blue-mountains/topic/transport