9.8% ▼ -34.7%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
The Entrance · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in The Entrance
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has jumped by 19 percentage points since 2011 in The Entrance, where 22.3% of workers now do so. While the area is well-served by bus stops, it remains far from the city and heavily reliant on cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 10% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, this is a decrease of 5.2 percentage points since 2011, and nearly half of all households now have exactly one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In The Entrance, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 1.5% of people use public transport to get to work, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Most workers drive themselves, with 51.1% as the sole driver.
22.3% ▲ +570.8%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 a high number of bus stops and 16 different routes, with weekly departures per 1,000 people far above the New South Wales figure. Despite this, the transit network consists entirely of buses.
87
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.49
Higher than 67% 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).
2,377.0
Higher than 86% 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).
16
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
15,839
Higher than 50% 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).
15,839
Lower than 76% 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 is challenging, as it takes 17 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. The drive time to the city is also much longer than in most similar places, taking about 78 minutes.
17
Higher than 77% 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.
78
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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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in The Entrance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/102021053/the-entrance/topic/transport