2.1% ▼ -80.6%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Mulgoa · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Mulgoa
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.1% of homes in Mulgoa have no motor vehicle, one of the lowest rates for any similar area. This high level of car ownership defines the local transport landscape, as very few people rely on public transport for their daily travel. Most residents either drive or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 41.9% of homes owning two vehicles and 33.3% owning three or more. The proportion of households without a car has fallen sharply since 2011, and is now well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Mulgoa, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has seen a massive jump to 29.1%, which is well above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.9% doing so—a significant drop from 10.2% in 2011.
29.1% ▲ +2367.4%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -91.3%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 area has a large number of public transport stops, with 5.91 per 1,000 people, which is a little above the New South Wales average. However, all available services are buses, and weekly departures are a little below the state figure.
518
Higher than 89% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.91
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).
1,134.0
Higher than 56% 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).
24
Lower than 57% 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 Mulgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10055/mulgoa/topic/transport