Goulburn · Urban Area

Transport & Vehicles in Goulburn

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

Fewer homes without cars and a rise in remote work have shaped how Goulburn moves since 2011. Most residents rely heavily on their own vehicles to get around, with very few using public transport to reach their jobs.

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📍 Goulburn, Urban Area

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

About 7.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. This is a drop from 10.7% in 2011, and most households now own one or two cars.

7.6% ▼ -28.6%

Higher than 83% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 10.7%
  • 2016: 9.4%
  • 2021: 7.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Goulburn splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose to 6.9% since 2011, though this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%. With only 0.4% using public transport, the vast majority of workers drive themselves to work.

6.9% ▲ +165.8%

Lower than 61% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 2.6%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 6.9%

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

0.4% ▼ -27.0%

Lower than 72% of urban area areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Goulburn, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1014/goulburn/topic/transport