Eden · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Eden

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

About 67% of workers in Eden drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. This reliance on vehicles is reflected in the low use of public transport and the fact that very few people work from home.

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📍 Eden, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have at least one car, with 40.6% having one and 36.5% having two. Only 7.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure and has fallen since 2011.

7.9% ▼ -17.8%

Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 9.6%
  • 2016: 7.9%
  • 2021: 7.9%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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Eden splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is rare here; only 7.1% of people do so, which is far below both the state and national figures. Public transport use is also much lower than most areas, with only 0.3% of workers using it to commute.

7.1% ▲ +82.5%

Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 3.9%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 7.1%

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

0.3% ▼ -81.9%

Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Eden, Car (driver) is the majority at 79%; Worked at home is next at 8%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport options are very limited, with only six routes and nine stops in total. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much lower than most areas and far below the New South Wales figure.

9

Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.

2.63

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).

84.1

Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to a transit stop is difficult in Eden, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 49 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for this measure.

49

Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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.

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 Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041023/eden/topic/transport