Panania (South) - Picnic Point · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Transport & Vehicles in Panania (South) - Picnic Point

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

More people work from home in Panania (South) - Picnic Point than in most similar areas, with 41.2% of the workforce avoiding a commute. This high rate of home-based work is far above the national figure of 21.0%. While the area has plenty of transport stops, getting to the city center remains slow by public transit.

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📍 Panania (South) - Picnic Point, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here own at least one car, and 39.7% have two vehicles. Only 6.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Panania (South) - Picnic Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is very common here at 41.2%, which is far above the state average of 31.0%. Only 2.2% of residents commute using public transport, a figure about the same as the national average.

2.2%

Higher than 55% 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 Panania (South) - Picnic Point, Worked at home is the majority at 52%; Car (driver) is next at 41%.

Public transport access

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

The area has 77 public transport stops, which is more than about 79% of similar areas, though only 5 routes serve the region. Despite the number of stops, the 65-minute trip to the city is higher than most areas.

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.

4.81

Higher than 58% 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).

979.1

Higher than 57% 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).

15,994

Higher than 51% 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).

91,434

Higher than 69% 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).

65

Higher than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

A walk to the nearest stop takes just 1 minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is around 27 minutes, placing it in the middle for similar areas.

1

Lower than 93% 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.

27

Higher than 54% 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 Panania (South) - Picnic Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/119011658/panania-picnic-point/topic/transport