Awaba · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Awaba

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

Far more people in Awaba now work from home than in 2011, with the share rising by 11 points. This shift happens in a place where cars are essential, as very few households get by without a motor vehicle.

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📍 Awaba, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Only 2.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average that has fallen since 2011. Most households own multiple cars, with 31.4% having two and 16.9% owning four or more.

2.5% ▼ -46.6%

Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 4.8%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 2.5%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Awaba splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (32%) and 1 vehicle (29%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 66.1% of workers drive, while 15.8% work from home, though this is far below the New South Wales average.

15.8% ▲ +215.8%

Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 15.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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 Awaba, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

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 Awaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122010/awaba/topic/transport