Alstonville · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Alstonville

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

Six out of ten people in Alstonville drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. This reliance on vehicles is common here, with most households owning at least one car and very few relying on public transport.

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📍 Alstonville, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have one or two cars, and the 6.7% of households without a vehicle is a little below the New South Wales figure. This number has fallen 3.1 percentage points since 2011.

6.7% ▼ -31.4%

Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 9.8%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 6.7%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Alstonville, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home rose to 14.6% since 2011, though this is far below the state figure of 31.0%. Only 1.0% of residents use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national average.

14.6% ▲ +142.9%

Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.0%
  • 2016: 4.9%
  • 2021: 14.6%

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

1.0% ▲ +87.3%

Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.5%
  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Alstonville, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

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 Alstonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114001/alstonville/topic/transport