Collector · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Collector

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

Not a single home in Collector lacks a motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than most of Australia. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the daily commute, where over 60% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.

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📍 Collector, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most households own multiple cars, with 47.7% having two and 17.4% owning four or more. The proportion of homes without a vehicle has fallen 28 points since 2011 to reach 0.0%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 27.8%
  • 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 Collector, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home has risen to 14.1% since 2011, though this remains far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.

14.1% ▲ +375.4%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 14.1%

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 Collector, Car (driver) is the majority at 73%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

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 Collector [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122037/collector/topic/transport