1.9% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ashtonfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ashtonfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes in Ashtonfield go without a car compared to the state average, with only 1.9% lacking a vehicle. This heavy reliance on cars is clear across the area, where most residents drive or work from home rather than using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, and only 1.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. Nearly 45% of households own two vehicles, while another 29.5% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ashtonfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 57.9% of residents. While 20% of people work from home—a rate higher than most similar areas—only 0.4% use public transport to commute, which is a little below the state and national figures.
20.0% ▲ +659.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.4% ▼ -72.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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.
Ashtonfield has 26 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than the vast majority of similar areas. However, the 521.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
26
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.
5.67
Higher than 80% 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).
521.9
Higher than 79% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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 around without a car can be difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 48 minutes, which is much higher than most areas. It also takes 100 minutes to drive to the city.
48
Higher than 78% 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.
100
Higher than 69% 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 Ashtonfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10103/ashtonfield/topic/transport