0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
Big Ridge · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Big Ridge
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A lack of public transport means residents of Big Ridge rely almost entirely on cars. There are no public transport stops or routes in the area, making it very difficult to get around without a private vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 100%, ahead of No vehicle (0%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Big Ridge, 2 vehicles is the majority at 100%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 125%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Big Ridge. This puts the area far below the New South Wales figure for both stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Daily travel takes a long time, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking 88 minutes. This is among the highest times for this kind of area, and the drive to the city takes 139 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
88
Higher 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.
139
Higher than 88% 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
- 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 Big Ridge
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Big Ridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10343/big-ridge/topic/transport