Callala Bay · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Callala Bay

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

Private car reliance is much higher in Callala Bay than in most similar areas. Very few households get by without a car, and the vast majority of local workers rely on their own vehicles to reach their jobs. This heavy dependence on driving is a defining feature of how people move around the area.

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📍 Callala Bay, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. Most households are well equipped for travel, with 40.1% owning two vehicles and 13.1% owning three.

2.4% ▼ -4.7%

Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 9.2%
  • 2021: 2.4%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Callala Bay splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (38%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work for 62.4% of residents, while 14.7% work from home. This working-from-home rate has risen by 12 points since 2011, though it remains far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.

14.7% ▲ +388.5%

Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 5.6%
  • 2021: 14.7%

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

0.3% ▼ -56.1%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Callala Bay, Car (driver) is the majority at 74%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

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 Callala Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115036/callala-bay/topic/transport