6.8% ▼ -31.4%
Higher than 65% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Downer · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Transport & Vehicles in Downer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 9 minutes is all it takes to drive from Downer to the city, making it much closer than most areas. While most residents rely on cars, a higher than usual 6.3% of workers use public transport, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.8% of households have no motor vehicle. This is a little above the territory average and has fallen 3.1 percentage points since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Downer, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
More than half of workers drive themselves to work, while 11.7% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well below the national figure, despite rising 9.3 percentage points since 2011.
11.7% ▲ +374.6%
Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
6.3% ▼ -36.7%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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.
Downer has 18 public transport stops, all of which are buses, with 4.19 stops per 1,000 people. This is well below the territory average, and weekly departures are also well below the territory figure.
18
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.19
Lower than 52% 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).
929.0
Higher than 55% 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).
7,588
Lower than 81% 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).
82,212
Higher than 66% 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).
35
Lower than 87% 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.
Getting around is convenient, with the walk to the nearest stop taking only 1 minute, which is much lower than most 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.
9
Lower than 90% 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 Downer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051055/downer/topic/transport