Ladysmith · Urban Centre

Transport & Vehicles in Ladysmith

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

Nearly three quarters of working residents in Ladysmith drive themselves to work. This reliance on cars is reflected in the fact that every single household in the area now owns at least one motor vehicle.

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📍 Ladysmith, Urban Centre

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No homes in Ladysmith are without a vehicle, a figure that is well below the New South Wales and national averages. Most households are well equipped, with 39.5% owning two vehicles and another 13.2% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 3.7%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ladysmith, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 7.6% of people work from home. Public transport use has fallen to 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%.

7.6% ▼ -4.3%

Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 8.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 7.6%

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: 2.2%
  • 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 Ladysmith, Car (driver) is the majority at 78%; Car (passenger) is next at 8%.

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 Ladysmith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122076/ladysmith/topic/transport