15.4% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Allawah · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Allawah
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people live without a car in Allawah than in most similar areas. This trend is mirrored in the way people travel, with 11.9% using public transport to get to work, which is well above the national figure of 3.1%. It is a place where many people avoid the road, either by commuting via transit or working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 15.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, a figure well above the New South Wales rate of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the typical household has one vehicle, while 24.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Allawah, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 30.4% of residents doing so, which is well above the Australian average of 21.0%. Those who do travel are more likely to use public transport than people in most other similar areas.
30.4% ▲ +1831.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
11.9% ▼ -60.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.3%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 11.9%
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.
The area is well connected, with four public transport routes and five stops, which is more than most similar areas. While the number of stops per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, the weekly departures per 1,000 people remain much higher than in most similar areas.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.93
Higher than 61% 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).
260.3
Higher than 74% 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).
12,046
Higher than 62% 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).
173,926
Higher than 86% 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).
56
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a 20-minute drive time that is much lower than in most similar areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 10 minutes, which is around the middle for this level.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Allawah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10038/allawah/topic/transport