3.6% ▼ -53.3%
Lower than 77% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Monaro · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Monaro
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 3.6% of homes in Monaro have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This high level of car ownership reflects a region where private transport is essential for daily life. Very few people rely on public transit to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 39.3% of homes owning two vehicles and 15.5% having three. The share of households without a car fell by 4.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach a level much lower than most other areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Monaro, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.3% of people being the driver. Only 0.7% use public transport, a figure that fell 12 points since 2011, while 11.1% now work from home.
11.1% ▲ +180.0%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -94.2%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 limited, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far below the New South Wales figure. While there are 294 stops and 32 routes, the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than most areas and almost all services are buses.
294
Higher than 59% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.46
Lower than 74% 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).
247.5
Lower than 82% 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).
32
Higher than 63% 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 Monaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10053/monaro/topic/transport