7.4% —
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rutherford (South) - Telarah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Rutherford (South) - Telarah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Dependence on cars is a core part of daily life in Rutherford (South) - Telarah, where 62.5% of working residents drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of transport stops, the long drive time to the city makes private vehicles the primary way people get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own at least one car, with 38.3% having two vehicles. Only 7.4% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rutherford (South) - Telarah splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of New South Wales, at just 11.6%. Only 1.3% of people use public transport for their commute, which is a little below the national figure.
11.6% —
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.3% —
Lower than 62% 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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
The area has 9.65 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. Most of these 77 stops are for buses, though weekly departures per person are a little below the state average.
77
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.65
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).
1,051.3
Higher than 59% 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).
7
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 113 minutes. This distance is reflected in the walk to the nearest stop, which takes 28 minutes and is much higher than most areas.
28
Higher than 86% 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.
113
Higher than 91% 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 (South) - Telarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106021616/rutherford-telarah/topic/transport