1.1% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 95% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pallara - Willawong · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Pallara - Willawong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer than 2% of homes in Pallara - Willawong lack a car, making it one of the areas with the lowest rate of carless households in the country. This heavy reliance on private vehicles is a key feature of the area, where most homes own multiple cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 53.1% of homes having two vehicles and 14.6% having three. Only 1.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national rate of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pallara - Willawong, 2 vehicles is the majority at 53%; 1 vehicle is next at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 62.3% as the driver. Working from home rose to 14.9% since 2011, while the number of people using public transport to commute fell from 6.2% to 3.4% over the same period.
14.9% ▲ +168.2%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -46.0%
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 relies entirely on buses, with no trains or ferries available. While the number of weekly departures is a little above the Queensland figure, the number of stops per 1,000 people is lower than in most similar areas.
31
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.03
Lower than 69% 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).
788.6
Lower than 51% 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).
10,220
Lower than 70% 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).
10,220
Lower than 84% 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.
It takes about 24 minutes to drive to the city. Reaching the nearest public transport stop takes about 8 minutes on foot, which is longer than in most other areas.
8
Higher than 64% 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.
24
Lower than 52% 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 Pallara - Willawong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303051074/pallara-willawong/topic/transport