3.8% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
South West Rocks · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in South West Rocks
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few people rely on public transport in South West Rocks, where a tiny 0.2% of workers use it to get to their jobs. Reliance on cars is high and the area has very limited transit options compared to the rest of the state.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home here has a car, with only 3.8% of households owning none. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%, and the number of car-less homes has fallen since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In South West Rocks, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 43%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, as only 11.8% of the workforce works from home. This is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales, and only 0.2% of people use public transport for their daily commute.
11.8% ▲ +85.1%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -63.4%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.4%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Public transport is very limited, with just two routes and 19 stops serving the area. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
19
Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.38
Lower than 64% 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).
77.3
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).
2
Lower than 86% 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 a transit stop takes much longer here than in most other areas, with a typical 30-minute walk to the nearest one.
30
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.
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).
More for South West Rocks
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in South West Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/108021160/south-west-rocks/topic/transport