4.0% ▼ -51.4%
Lower than 73% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Stephens · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Port Stephens
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the workforce in Port Stephens drive themselves to work, reflecting a strong reliance on cars. This is a highly vehicle-dependent area where only 4% of homes lack a motor vehicle, a figure that has fallen since 2011.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households are well-equipped for travel, with 38.4% owning two vehicles and 36.5% owning one. Only 4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Port Stephens splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.4%. While the number of people working from home rose 13 points since 2011 to reach 17.8%, this is still far below the New South Wales figure.
17.8% ▲ +243.5%
Higher than 64% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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.
Port Stephens has 659 public transport stops, making it one of the largest areas at this level for total stops. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are well below the state figure, and all services are provided by buses.
659
Higher than 95% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.62
Higher than 99% 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).
986.0
Lower than 51% 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).
18
Lower than 72% 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 Port Stephens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10069/port-stephens/topic/transport