5.8% ▼ -33.3%
Higher than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Myall Lakes · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Myall Lakes
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work in Myall Lakes, with only 0.4% doing so. Most residents rely heavily on private cars to get around. This is a car-dependent area where typical homes have at least one vehicle and working from home is much less common than in the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high here, with 94.2% of homes owning at least one vehicle. Only 5.8% 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 →In Myall Lakes, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 65.3% of people commuting as a driver. Only 10.6% of the workforce works from home, a figure that is far below the national average of 21.0%.
10.6% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 10.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -36.3%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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.
While Myall Lakes has a high number of stops and routes compared to similar areas, service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and nearly all services are buses.
604
Higher than 93% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.99
Higher than 97% 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).
165.8
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).
56
Higher than 86% 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 Myall Lakes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10057/myall-lakes/topic/transport