6.6% —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orange · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge 68% of working residents in Orange drive themselves to work, highlighting a heavy reliance on cars. While most households own at least one vehicle, very few people use public transport to get to their jobs.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes in Orange have one or two cars, with 38.5% owning two and 38.1% owning one. Around 6.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is higher than in most similar areas.
6.6% —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Orange splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 9.8% of the workforce, though this is far below the national figure of 21%. Only 0.5% of people use public transport to commute, which is a little below the New South Wales average.
9.8% —
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% —
Higher than 66% of urban centre 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112016/orange/topic/transport