Robertson · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Robertson

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

Almost no one uses public transport to get to work in Robertson, where car ownership is far more common than in the rest of the state. Most households here rely on multiple vehicles to get around, with very few homes lacking a car.

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📍 Robertson, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Nearly half of all households own two vehicles, and 25.7% have three or more.

1.5% ▼ -59.7%

Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.8%
  • 2016: 1.8%
  • 2021: 1.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Robertson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has jumped 18 points since 2011 to reach 21.4%, while no one in the area now uses public transport to commute. Over half of workers drive themselves to their jobs.

21.4% ▲ +614.0%

Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 6.6%
  • 2021: 21.4%

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: 1.1%
  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 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 Robertson, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 26%.

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 Robertson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115123/robertson/topic/transport