0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alison · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alison
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Alison now has at least one motor vehicle, marking a shift toward total car reliance. While the area has a high number of bus stops, almost no one uses public transport to get to work. Instead, most residents rely on their own cars or work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with no homes lacking a vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. More than 70% of households own two or more vehicles, and 21.9% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Alison, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 31%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to commute, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive themselves to work, though 22.9% work from home, a figure slightly above the Australian average.
22.9% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Alison has a high number of bus stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 70.59 stops per 1,000 people. This is far above the state average, and weekly departures are also a little above the New South Wales figure.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
70.59
Higher than 99% 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).
1,470.6
Higher than 89% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes about 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 63 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
63
Lower than 54% 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 Alison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10034/alison/topic/transport