7.5% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 72% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Robertson · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Robertson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 30.3% of workers in Robertson now work from home, a figure that has jumped 24 points since 2016. This shift away from commuting is a defining feature of the area, where the typical trip to the city takes 70 minutes. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 7.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is about the same as the national figure. The most common setup is one car (39.2%) or two cars (35.7%) per household.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Robertson splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is much more common here than in most areas and is well above the Australian average. Only 1.8% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2016.
30.3% —
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.8% —
Lower than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 1.8%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Robertson has 9.03 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. With 1,372 stops and a high number of weekly departures, it ranks among the highest for transport access at this level, though almost all services are buses.
1,372
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.03
Higher than 99% of federal electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,588.2
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
65
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around can be slow, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 70 minutes. This is among the highest times for this level, which matches the 70-minute drive time to the city.
70
Higher than 96% of federal electorate areas.
Walking time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to the nearest public-transport stop, along the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (Valhalla). Blank where no stop is within a reasonable walk.
70
Higher than 83% of federal electorate areas.
Free-flow driving time, in minutes, from the centre of the area to its state/territory capital city centre, along the OpenStreetMap road network (Valhalla). Excludes live traffic.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Robertson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED140/robertson/topic/transport