8.5% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ross · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Ross
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 76-minute walk to the nearest stop means most people in Ross rely on their own cars to get around. This is a car-dependent area where only 0.6% of workers use public transport, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.5% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the national figure. Other households typically own one or two cars, with 32.6% having one and 29.9% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ross splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (32%) and 2 vehicles (30%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The vast majority of residents drive to work, with 69.9% as the driver. Only 5.5% of people work from home, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%.
5.5% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
There are 4.07 public transport stops per 1,000 people, a little above the Northern Territory figure. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
11
Lower 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.
4.07
Lower than 54% 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).
210.3
Lower than 74% 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 around without a car is difficult here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 76 minutes, which is among the highest for areas at this level.
76
Higher than 99% 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 Ross
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011051/ross/topic/transport