1.5% ▲ +36.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alfords Point · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alfords Point
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Alfords Point than across the state, with only 1.5% of households without one. This heavy reliance on vehicles is reflected in the commute, where nearly 40% of residents work from home and the rest mostly drive.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here own multiple cars, with 85.1% having two or more. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for households with no motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alfords Point, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 3 vehicles (23%) and 4 or more (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 38.7%, which is far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Only 0.9% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.
38.7% ▲ +1076.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 38.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -84.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
While Alfords Point has 16 stops and 4 routes—more than about 85% of similar areas—the number of weekly departures is far below the state figure.
16
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.
5.11
Higher than 78% 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).
626.0
Higher than 81% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
10,554
Lower than 58% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop takes just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. It typically takes 26 minutes to drive to the city.
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.
26
Lower than 78% 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 Alfords Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10031/alfords-point/topic/transport