1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Arcadia · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Arcadia
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Arcadia has a car, making it an area where residents rely heavily on private transport. This is reflected in the high number of multi-vehicle households and a very low number of people using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Few homes lack a car, with only 1.1% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, as over 84% of homes own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Arcadia splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (31%) and 4 or more (27%), with 3 vehicles at 26%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 42.9% of people doing so, which is far above both the state and national figures. Because of this, no one in the area commutes to work using public transport.
42.9% ▲ +186.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 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.
Arcadia has 29 public transport stops, which is among the largest number for its level, though the service is entirely bus-based. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales average.
29
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.
19.66
Higher than 92% 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).
775.6
Higher than 83% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 40 minutes to drive to the city, a time that is lower than most similar areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
40
Lower than 67% 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 Arcadia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10073/arcadia/topic/transport