5.0% ▼ -38.5%
Lower than 59% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oxley · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Oxley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Oxley relies on a car to get around, as only 5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on private cars is reflected in the way people travel for work and the very low use of public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, with 74.4% falling into those categories. The proportion of households without a vehicle is 5%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Oxley splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 64.2% of people as the driver. Only 0.3% of the workforce use public transport, which is a little below the national figure of 3.1%, while those working from home rose to 12.3% since 2011.
12.3% ▲ +109.9%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -59.5%
Lower than 98% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Public transport is mostly provided by buses, though the 92.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6. There are 305 stops across 58 routes, but the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than most areas.
305
Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.93
Lower than 65% 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).
92.9
Lower than 92% 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).
58
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10064/oxley/topic/transport