6.9% ▲ +17.7%
Higher than 66% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Port Macquarie · Urban Area
Transport & Vehicles in Port Macquarie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are the primary way people get around Port Macquarie, where very few workers rely on public transport. While most households own at least one vehicle, there has been a notable shift toward working from home over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.9% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is higher than most similar areas. However, the majority of households have at least one car, with 35.5% owning two and 10.2% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Port Macquarie, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.4% of people use public transport to get to work, which is lower than most areas. In contrast, the number of people working from home rose 10 points since 2011 to reach 12.5%.
12.5% ▲ +482.7%
Higher than 75% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 64% 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.
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 Port Macquarie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1028/port-macquarie/topic/transport