Abernethy · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Abernethy

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

Cars are the primary way of getting around in Abernethy, where 64.1% of workers drive themselves to their jobs. The area has a very high rate of car ownership, with not a single home lacking a motor vehicle as of the 2021 census.

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📍 Abernethy, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household in Abernethy now owns a car, a figure that fell 10 points since 2011. Most homes have at least two vehicles, with 21% of households owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 10.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Abernethy, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 1 vehicle (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Public transport use has dropped to 0.0%, which is well below the national figure. While working from home rose 13 points since 2011 to reach 16.0%, this remains far below the New South Wales average.

16.0% ▲ +493.1%

Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 16.0%

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: 2.7%
  • 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 Abernethy, Car (driver) is the majority at 80%; Worked at home is next at 20%.

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 Abernethy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122001/abernethy/topic/transport