2.3% ▲ +31.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Abbotsbury · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Abbotsbury
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Abbotsbury than the national figure, with 34.4% of the workforce doing so. While car use remains dominant for those who travel, the area has a very high number of public transport stops and services compared to other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 2.3% having no motor vehicle. This is well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales, and most households own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Abbotsbury, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving or working from home are the primary ways people get to work, with 39.8% driving and 34.4% working from home. This remote work rate is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%, while only 0.5% of workers use public transport.
34.4% ▲ +1320.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -86.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
The area is well served by buses, with 30 stops and 7 routes, which is among the highest for its size. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the New South Wales figure.
30
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.14
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
2,431.0
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality 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
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
29,969
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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).
87,000
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality 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.
Getting to a transit stop is very quick, with a typical walk time of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 35 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas.
1
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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.
35
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality 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 Abbotsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10002/abbotsbury/topic/transport