5.4% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ariah Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ariah Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A heavy reliance on private cars defines daily life in Ariah Park, where almost no one uses public transport to get to work. Most homes own multiple vehicles to get around, and over a quarter of the workforce operates from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have at least two cars, with 38.7% owning two and 16.1% owning four or more. Only 5.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ariah Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (27%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport. While 48.3% of workers drive to their jobs, 26.1% work from home, a figure that is well above the national average.
26.1% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 26.1%
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: 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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes and a single stop. This results in just 31.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
2.28
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).
31.9
Higher than 61% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 transit stop is a challenge in Ariah Park, with a typical walk taking 53 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
53
Higher than 81% 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 Ariah Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10082/ariah-park/topic/transport