8.4% ▼ -26.5%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charles Sturt · Sub-region (SA3)
Transport & Vehicles in Charles Sturt
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Six hundred public transport stops and 61 different routes make Charles Sturt one of the best-connected areas in the region. This high level of access is reflected in the fact that more people here use public transport to get to work than in most other similar areas. It is a convenient hub where the typical trip to the city takes only 11 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. While this is a little above the state and national figures, the number has fallen by 3 percentage points since 2011. Most households own one or two cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Charles Sturt splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Public transport use for commuting is much higher than in most similar areas at 5.3%, though this fell slightly since 2011. Meanwhile, the 9.7% of people working from home is about the same as the state average but far below the national figure.
9.7% ▲ +260.8%
Lower than 74% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 9.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
5.3% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 83% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
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.
Service frequency is much higher than in most areas, with 1,519 weekly departures per 1,000 people. Buses dominate the network, making up 93.7% of the available public transport modes.
579
Higher than 80% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.89
Higher than 59% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
1,519.1
Higher than 74% of sub-region (sa3) 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).
61
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very accessible, with the typical drive to the city taking just 11 minutes. Residents usually only have to walk 4 minutes to reach their nearest transport stop.
4
Lower than 57% of sub-region (sa3) 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.
11
Lower than 86% of sub-region (sa3) 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)).
- 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 Charles Sturt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40401/charles-sturt/topic/transport