47.8% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 29.6%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Arkell · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Arkell
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of the workers in Arkell work from home, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas. This strong preference for home-based work helps explain why virtually no one in the area uses public transport to get to their job.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 44%, ahead of 3 vehicles (33%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Arkell, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (30%) and 4 or more (30%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 47.8% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%. Those who do leave for work mostly drive, as 43.5% are car drivers, while 0.0% use public transport.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Arkell. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Arkell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10083/arkell/topic/transport