1.9% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Appin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Appin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Cars are essential for daily life in Appin, where only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle. This high reliance on driving is reflected in the commute, with over half of the workforce driving themselves to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 43.8% having two vehicles and 15.6% owning four or more. Far fewer homes are without a car compared to the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Appin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (20%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 25.6% of people doing so, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.6%.
25.6% ▲ +678.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -69.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 the area has 16 public transport stops—more than most similar areas—these are all buses. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
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.
4.98
Higher than 77% 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).
501.7
Higher than 78% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting around on foot is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes about 41 minutes, which is much longer than in most other areas. The drive to the city typically takes 65 minutes.
41
Higher than 74% 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.
65
Lower than 53% 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 Appin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10064/appin/topic/transport