16.4% ▼ -34.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ashcroft · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ashcroft
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people are working from home in Ashcroft compared to the rest of the country, with only 12.1% doing so. The area has strong transit links, though a high 16.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 16.4% of homes in Ashcroft have no motor vehicle, which is among the highest rate for similar areas and well above the 7.4% national figure. Most households have one or two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ashcroft, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 36%, followed by 2 vehicles (29%) and No vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 12.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. Only 1.6% use public transport to commute, a figure slightly below the national average.
12.1% ▲ +1403.2%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -79.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
Ashcroft has a high density of services, with 21 stops and 3 routes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest for similar areas and well above the New South Wales figure.
21
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.
5.78
Higher than 81% 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).
1,789.5
Higher than 90% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
35,498
Higher than 86% 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).
105,016
Higher than 80% 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.
Getting around is convenient, with a typical walk to the nearest stop of just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 30 minutes, also lower than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
30
Lower than 74% 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 Ashcroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10098/ashcroft/topic/transport