2.2% ▼ -40.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Black Head · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Black Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes lack a car in Black Head than in the rest of New South Wales. This small community relies almost entirely on private vehicles for travel, with virtually no one using public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, and only 2.2% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Black Head, 1 vehicle is the majority at 50%; 2 vehicles is next at 35%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone who works here uses a car, and 11.5% work from home, which is far below the state average of 31%. No one in the area commutes to work using public transport.
11.5% ▲ +146.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with one stop. While this is more than many similar areas have, the 10 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
1.03
Higher than 61% 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).
10.3
Higher than 58% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 15 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
15
Higher than 53% 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 Black Head
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Black Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10383/black-head/topic/transport