1.4% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 1.4% of homes in Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest rates of carless households in the region. Most residents rely heavily on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost every home owns a car, with 44.9% of households owning two vehicles. This high level of car ownership is consistent with the very few homes without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while only 5.9% work from home, which is far below the national figure. About 3.9% use public transport to commute, a rate that has barely changed since 2011.
5.9% ▲ +112.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.9% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 limited to three bus routes, and the number of stops per 1,000 people is well below the state figure. Travel time to the city is among the highest for similar areas, taking 89 minutes.
80
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.61
Lower than 61% 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).
921.6
Higher than 54% 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).
3
Lower than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,178
Higher than 66% 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).
46,396
Higher than 51% 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).
89
Higher than 99% 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 drive to the city typically takes 42 minutes, which is longer than in most areas. However, the walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only 1 minute on average.
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.
42
Higher than 70% 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 Singleton - Golden Bay - Secret Harbour [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051191/singleton-golden-bay-secret-harbour/topic/transport