1.5% ▼ -50.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Arcadia Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Arcadia Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Two vehicles are the most common choice for households in Arcadia Vale, with 40.1% of homes owning two. This is a car-dependent area where very few people rely on public transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households here get by without a car, with only 1.5% of homes having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Arcadia Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.3% of residents. While 19.7% work from home, which is higher than most similar areas, this is still far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
19.7% ▲ +204.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -70.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 has 12 public transport stops, which is more than about 83% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
12
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
8.39
Higher than 86% 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).
331.9
Higher than 75% 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 into the city takes 84 minutes, which is longer than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest stop takes 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
84
Higher than 59% 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)).
- 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 Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10074/arcadia-vale/topic/transport