Sussex Inlet · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Sussex Inlet

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

Far fewer people use public transport here than in the rest of the country, making Sussex Inlet a place where most residents rely on their own cars. While 6.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, the vast majority of the community depends on private transport to get around.

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📍 Sussex Inlet, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 46.6% owning one and 33.8% owning two. The proportion of households without any vehicle has fallen to 6.2%, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures.

6.2% ▼ -47.1%

Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 11.8%
  • 2016: 3.7%
  • 2021: 6.2%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Sussex Inlet, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 47%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (9%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Zero per cent of the workforce uses public transport, which is well below the Australian figure. Most people drive to work, though the number of people working from home has risen to 9.9% since 2011.

9.9% ▲ +71.8%

Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.8%
  • 2016: 3.4%
  • 2021: 9.9%

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: 0.8%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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 Sussex Inlet, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

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 Sussex Inlet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115130/sussex-inlet/topic/transport