Bulahdelah · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Bulahdelah

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

Very few things have changed in how people get around Bulahdelah since 2011. The town remains heavily reliant on cars for travel, with no one using public transport to get to work. This creates a strong contrast with the state and national trends, where working from home and public transit are more common.

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📍 Bulahdelah, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Cars are essential here, as only 3.5% of homes have no motor vehicle—a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most households have one or two cars, while 17.5% of homes keep three or more.

3.5% ▼ -10.7%

Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.0%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 3.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Bulahdelah splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (39%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 58.2% of residents, while 11.1% walk. Only 6.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0% and has fallen slightly since 2011.

6.1% ▼ -21.6%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 6.1%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.4%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Bulahdelah, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Walked is next at 14%.

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 Bulahdelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115030/bulahdelah/topic/transport