Singleton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Singleton

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

Fewer people rely on public transport and more now work from home in Singleton than they did in 2011. This shift is seen in the way residents move, with only 0.3% of workers using public transport to get to their jobs. Most households here rely heavily on cars to get around.

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📍 Singleton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Very few homes lack a car, with only 5% of Singleton households without one, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. Most residents have multiple cars, and 40.7% of homes have two vehicles.

5.0% ▼ -23.7%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.6%
  • 2016: 8.8%
  • 2021: 5.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Singleton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 9.8% since 2011, though this remains far below the national figure of 21%. The vast majority of people drive to work, with 64.7% of the workforce commuting as the driver.

9.8% ▲ +99.7%

Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.9%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 9.8%

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

0.3% ▼ -89.0%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Singleton, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Singleton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113014/singleton/topic/transport