9.9% ▼ -28.8%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gosford · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Gosford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive jump in working from home has reshaped how people move around Gosford since 2011. While 29.3% of the workforce now avoids a daily commute, the area remains well-equipped for travel with a high number of public transport stops and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 9.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is a drop from 2011, when 13.8% of households lived without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gosford, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (32%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nearly 30% of people now work from home, a figure that rose 24 points since 2011 and is well above the national figure. In contrast, the share of people using public transport to get to work fell 6.6 points over the same period to just 2.6%.
29.3% ▲ +492.9%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.6% ▼ -71.4%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 access is a strength here, with 9.65 stops per 1,000 people, far above the New South Wales figure. The area has 758 stops and 65 routes, with weekly departures well above the state average.
758
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.65
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).
1,729.4
Higher than 77% 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).
65
Higher than 87% 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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Gosford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10030/gosford/topic/transport