0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Arakoon · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Arakoon
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of public transport access and working from home mark Arakoon compared to similar areas. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, reflecting a heavy reliance on cars for daily life. This is a place where most people drive themselves to work or stay at home to do so.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
No home in Arakoon lacks a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Most households are well-equipped, with 38.9% owning two vehicles and 11.1% having four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Arakoon splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 20.7%, which is about the same as the Australian figure. While 59.2% of workers drive themselves to work, no one in the area uses public transport for their commute.
20.7% ▲ +64.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.6%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 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.
Arakoon has more public transport stops and routes than many similar areas, though it is far below the New South Wales average for stops per person. The only available service is the bus.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.25
Higher than 66% 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).
44.9
Higher than 62% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the nearest stop takes much longer here than in most areas, with a typical walk of 45 minutes.
45
Higher than 77% 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 Arakoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10070/arakoon/topic/transport