5.3% ▼ -36.6%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has jumped by 15 percentage points since 2011 in Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani, where 18% of people now do so. This shift comes as the area remains heavily reliant on cars and sees very little use of public transport for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 5.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own one or two cars, with 41.4% having one and 35.6% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 41%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.7%, which is much lower than most areas. Instead, 55.6% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
18.0% ▲ +537.0%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -67.5%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
The area has 84 public transport stops, which is far above the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people. However, all services are buses, and the number of people who can reach a destination within 30 or 45 minutes is smaller than in most similar areas.
84
Higher 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.
8.63
Higher than 87% 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).
1,077.1
Higher than 60% 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).
4
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
9,728
Lower than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
9,728
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the 22-minute walk to the nearest stop is much higher than most areas. Additionally, the 77-minute drive time to the city is much higher than in most other places.
22
Higher than 81% 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.
77
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Budgewoi - Buff Point - Halekulani [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102021046/budgewoi-buff-point-halekulani/topic/transport