7.0% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alectown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alectown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people use public transport in Alectown, where 26.8% of workers operate from home. While the area has a high number of transit stops for its size, almost no one uses them to get to work. This creates a strong reliance on private cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, though 7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alectown, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 34%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
None of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, making the 26.8% who work from home a significant group compared to the national figure.
26.8% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.8%
- 2021: 26.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
Alectown has 13.25 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure, though weekly departures remain far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.25
Higher than 89% 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).
39.7
Higher than 62% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Getting to the nearest transit stop takes a typical 34 minutes, which is longer than in most other areas.
34
Higher than 70% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Alectown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10029/alectown/topic/transport