0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Austral Eden · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Austral Eden
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership has remained essential in Austral Eden, where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. This total reliance on cars is reflected in the way people travel, with almost no one using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in the area has a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Most homes have two vehicles, and more than a fifth of households own three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Austral Eden, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people work from home at 3.9%, a figure far below the state and national levels. Most residents drive to work, and no one in the area uses a train to commute.
3.9% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
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.
The area has 13.79 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, weekly departures are far below New South Wales levels, and all available services are buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.79
Higher than 89% 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).
172.4
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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 the nearest stop takes about 28 minutes on foot, which is longer than in most similar areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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).
More for Austral Eden
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Austral Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10111/austral-eden/topic/transport