North Rothbury · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in North Rothbury

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

Almost every home in North Rothbury relies on a car for daily travel. With barely any public transport use and a very low number of car-free households, the area is heavily dependent on private vehicles for getting around.

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📍 North Rothbury, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 0.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the national rate and has fallen since 2011. Most households own two cars, while about 15% have three.

0.6% ▼ -91.8%

Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 4.4%
  • 2021: 0.6%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In North Rothbury, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 28%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The typical worker drives, with 64% of people commuting as a driver and 13.9% working from home. In contrast, no one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the Australian figure.

13.9% ▲ +614.6%

Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.9%
  • 2016: 3.9%
  • 2021: 13.9%

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: 0.9%
  • 2016: 3.0%
  • 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 North Rothbury, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; 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 North Rothbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115112/north-rothbury/topic/transport