Gerringong · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Gerringong

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

Private cars are the primary way people get around in Gerringong, with very few homes lacking a vehicle. While most residents rely on their own transport, a significant number now work from home, a trend that has jumped 19 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Gerringong, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own at least one car, and 43.5% have two. Only 3.8% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.

3.8% ▲ +369.5%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.8%
  • 2016: 9.6%
  • 2021: 3.8%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Gerringong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

About 24.4% of people work from home, a figure that is well above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%, which is a little below the state and national figures.

24.4% ▲ +340.3%

Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.5%
  • 2016: 3.5%
  • 2021: 24.4%

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

0.3% ▼ -73.3%

Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.1%
  • 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 Gerringong, Car (driver) is the majority at 64%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

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 Gerringong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115064/gerringong/topic/transport