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Transport & Vehicles in Central Coast

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

More people work from home in Central Coast than in most similar areas. While most residents still rely on cars, there has been a massive shift towards remote work over the last decade. A typical household here is likely to own at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Central Coast, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 6.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure and has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2011. Most households have one or two cars, with 38.2% owning one and 36.4% owning two.

Homes with no motor vehicle

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6.5% ▼ -23.0%

Higher than 57% of urban area areas.

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Central Coast splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.

1 vehicle 38.2% 2 vehicles 36.4% 3 vehicles 11.9% 4 or more 6.9% No vehicle 6.5%

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Remote work has surged here, rising 23 percentage points since 2011 to reach 25.4%, which is well above the national figure. While 49.3% of workers drive to their jobs, public transport use is much higher than in most similar areas, despite being a little below the state and national averages.

People working from home

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25.4% ▲ +1092.8%

Higher than 98% 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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1.3% ▲ +226.9%

Higher than 76% 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 Central Coast, Car (driver) is the majority at 61%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Car (driver) 49.3% Worked at home 25.4% Car (passenger) 3.3% Walked 1.3% Train 0.8% Bus 0.6% Bicycle 0.2%

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 Central Coast [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1010/central-coast/topic/transport