2.1% ▼ -57.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Austinmer · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Austinmer
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Austinmer than in the rest of the country, with 43.6% of the workforce doing so. This high rate of home-based work stands out against a backdrop where most households rely heavily on cars, and very few live without a vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least two cars, with 44.6% owning exactly two. Only 2.1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Austinmer, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than in Australia, where the national figure is 21.0%. While 35.3% of people drive to work, only 1.2% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures.
43.6% ▲ +551.3%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.2% ▼ -87.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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.
Austinmer has a high level of service with 17 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. There are 6.24 stops per 1,000 people, a little above the New South Wales figure.
17
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.
6.24
Higher than 82% 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).
1,383.9
Higher than 88% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
It takes typically 83 minutes to drive to the city. The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for its level.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
83
Higher than 58% 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 Austinmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10109/austinmer/topic/transport