6.1% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Alstonville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Alstonville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Just 0.9% of workers use public transport to get to their jobs in Alstonville. This highlights a heavy reliance on cars, though the town has more public transport stops than most similar areas. While many households own multiple vehicles, a small number of residents live without any motor vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.1% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, even though it is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Alstonville splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The typical way to get to work is by driving, with 59.7% of people as drivers. Those working from home make up 16.1% of the workforce, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
16.1% ▲ +214.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Alstonville has 26 public transport stops across 8 routes, which is more than 91% of similar areas. However, the 93 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
26
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.
4.40
Higher than 75% 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).
93.0
Higher than 68% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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 a stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Alstonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10046/alstonville/topic/transport