Leeton · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Leeton

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

Only 4.5% of people in Leeton work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%. This low rate of remote work reflects a local economy where most people need to be physically present at their jobs. The town relies heavily on cars, with the vast majority of residents driving to work.

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📍 Leeton, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes in Leeton have at least one car, with 36.7% owning two vehicles. Only 6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still lower than the New South Wales average.

6.0% ▼ -1.3%

Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 6.1%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 6.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Leeton splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 72.7% of people using a car as the driver. Very few residents use public transport (0.2%) or bikes (0.6%), and the number of people working from home has fallen since 2011.

4.5% ▼ -39.6%

Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.4%
  • 2016: 2.6%
  • 2021: 4.5%

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

0.2% ▼ -77.9%

Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Leeton, Car (driver) is the majority at 82%; Car (passenger) 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 Leeton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114016/leeton/topic/transport