4.4% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Aberdeen · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Aberdeen
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of car ownership and public transport stops than most similar areas define the transport landscape in Aberdeen. While 4.4% of homes have no vehicle, the vast majority of residents rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 36.6% owning two and 15% owning three. Only 4.4% of households get by without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Aberdeen splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost entirely done by car, as only 0.5% of people use public transport. This reliance on driving is consistent with very few people working from home (7.2%), a figure that is far below the national rate of 21%.
7.2% ▲ +95.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -13.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 has more public transport routes and stops than 85% of similar places, with 7 stops serving the community. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.41
Higher than 71% 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).
57.0
Higher than 64% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality 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 typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
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 Aberdeen
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Aberdeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10007/aberdeen/topic/transport