5.6% ▲ +11.8%
Higher than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shellharbour · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Shellharbour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way people move around Shellharbour, with only 5.6% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit for their daily commute. This reliance on driving is reflected in the high proportion of households owning multiple vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 38.9% of households own two. Only 5.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and has barely changed since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Shellharbour, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home has risen sharply to 18.8% since 2011, yet public transport use for work has fallen to just 0.9%. This is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 3.1%.
18.8% ▲ +621.9%
Higher than 67% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -82.2%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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.
Shellharbour has 485 public transport stops, which is more than 90% of similar areas, but these are almost entirely buses. Despite the number of stops, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
485
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.48
Higher than 68% 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).
806.2
Lower than 58% 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).
26
Lower than 51% 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 Shellharbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10075/shellharbour/topic/transport