5.6% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Macquarie · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Port Macquarie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 0.4% of workers in Port Macquarie use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen sharply since 2011. Most people here rely on private cars, with few homes lacking a vehicle and public transport services remaining sparse compared to the state average.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common in Port Macquarie, with 77.3% of homes owning either one or two vehicles. Only 5.6% 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 →Port Macquarie splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (41%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of workers drive, as only 0.4% use public transport. While the number of people working from home rose to 12.5% since 2011, this is still far below the state average of 31.0%.
12.5% ▲ +46.0%
Lower than 52% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -93.4%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport is almost entirely based on buses, but services are limited. The area has 369.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
290
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.59
Lower than 72% 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).
369.7
Lower than 76% 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).
40
Higher than 76% 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 Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10068/port-macquarie/topic/transport