4.8% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 68% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oxley · Federal Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Oxley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer homes in Oxley are without a car than in 2011, with only 4.8% now having no motor vehicle. Most households rely on their own transport, although there has been a sharp rise in people working from home since 2016.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42.1% of homes owning two vehicles. The proportion of households without a car is lower than the national figure and has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oxley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 60% of workers drive themselves to work, while 14.7% work from home, a figure that rose 11 points since 2016. Only 3.7% use public transport for their commute, which is slightly higher than the national figure.
14.7% —
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.7% —
Higher than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
There are 83 public transport routes in the area, though the number of stops per 1,000 people is much lower than in most similar areas. Buses are the primary service, making up 96.2% of the network.
612
Lower than 77% of federal electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.28
Lower than 83% 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).
762.2
Lower than 64% 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).
83
Higher than 83% 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.
The drive to the city is relatively quick at 19 minutes, which is lower than most areas. However, it takes longer to reach a transport stop on foot, with a typical walk of 17 minutes.
17
Higher than 71% 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.
19
Lower than 71% 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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED325/oxley/topic/transport