1.6% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Blair Athol · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Blair Athol
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Forty-four percent of workers in Blair Athol drive themselves to work, making cars the most common way to get around. While car use is high, 27.9% of people work from home, which is much higher than most similar areas. The suburb is well-served by bus routes, and most residents live very close to a transport stop.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households lack a car, with only 1.6% having none, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most homes are well-equipped for travel, as 41.7% own two vehicles and 20.9% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Blair Athol, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, at 27.9%, which is well above the national figure of 21%. Those who do travel for work mainly use cars, though 3.4% use public transport, which is much higher than most similar areas.
27.9% ▲ +1390.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.4% ▼ -76.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 14.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
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.
Blair Athol has 10 public transport stops and 12 routes, which are among the largest numbers for an area of this size. While the 953.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, this is still well below the state figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.67
Higher than 72% 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).
953.4
Higher than 86% 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).
12
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
43,419
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a nearby stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 40 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
40
Lower than 67% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10399/blair-athol/topic/transport