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Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Only 3.9% of homes in Not in any Significant Urban Area (NSW) have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This reflects a heavy reliance on private cars for travel across these vast regions. Most households own multiple vehicles to manage the distances between towns and services.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Vehicle ownership is very high here, with 38.3% of homes having two cars and 25.8% owning three or more. The share of homes without a car has fallen since 2011 and is now much lower than in most other areas.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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3.9% ▼ -35.8%

Lower than 87% of urban area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

2 vehicles 38.3% 1 vehicle 31.9% 3 vehicles 15.5% 4 or more 10.3% No vehicle 3.9%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the main way to get to work for 60.7% of people, while 15.6% work from home. Very few people use public transport, with only 0.4% doing so, a figure that is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2011.

People working from home

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15.6% ▲ +61.4%

Higher than 82% of urban area areas.

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

Commuting by public transport

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0.4% ▼ -48.1%

Lower than 65% of urban area areas.

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.

How people get to work

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Car (driver) 60.7% Worked at home 15.6% Car (passenger) 4.1% Walked 4.0% Bus 0.3% Bicycle 0.3% Train 0.1%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/transport