13.8% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ashmont · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ashmont
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance remains the norm in Ashmont, though a striking 13.8% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%, making it one of the most car-less areas in its class. While public transport is available, very few residents use it for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly 14% of households do not own a car, which is much higher than the 9.2% seen across New South Wales. For those who do have vehicles, the most common arrangement is a single car, found in 44.2% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ashmont, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (31%) and No vehicle (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant way to get to work, with 72.4% of people as the driver. Very few people work from home at 3.4%, a figure far below the national average of 21%.
3.4% ▲ +192.4%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Ashmont has a high number of stops and routes compared to similar areas, though its 348 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313. All available public transport is provided by buses.
18
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.
4.80
Higher than 77% 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).
348.0
Higher than 76% 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 transport is easy for residents, as the typical walk to the nearest stop is just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Ashmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10102/ashmont/topic/transport