Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn

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

Far more households here own cars than in most other areas, making Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn heavily dependent on private vehicles. Only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.

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📍 Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes have multiple cars, with 40.5% owning two vehicles and 16% owning three. This high level of ownership is consistent with the very low number of car-less households.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (16%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 60.9% of people as the driver. Only 0.3% use public transport, which is much lower than most similar areas.

0.3%

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

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 Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn, Car (driver) is the majority at 75%; Worked at home is next at 18%.

Public transport access

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

While there are 88 public transport stops—more than about 85% of similar areas—they are rarely used. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.

88

Higher than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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

4.96

Higher than 60% 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).

561.2

Lower 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Reaching the city is a long trip, with a typical drive time of 120 minutes. Walking to the nearest stop is also difficult, as it takes 65 minutes for many, among the highest times for this level.

65

Higher than 97% 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.

120

Higher than 92% 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)).
  • 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 Rutherford (North) - Aberglasslyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021615/rutherford-aberglasslyn/topic/transport