6.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Medlow Bath · Urban Centre
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Medlow Bath compared to the national figure. This flexibility is a key part of local life, with over a third of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. Most households rely on cars, though a small number of residents now use public transport.
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 44% of homes have one car and 35% have two. Only 6% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales average and has barely changed since 2011.
6.0% ▲ +15.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
In Medlow Bath, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (8%).
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 33.9% of people doing so, which is far above the Australian average. Use of public transport to get to work has also risen since 2011 to reach 3.5%.
33.9% ▲ +454.2%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.5% ▲ —
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121074/medlow-bath/topic/transport