1.8% ▼ -23.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Buxton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Buxton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 40% of households in Buxton have two motor vehicles, making the car essential for daily life. This is a car-dependent area where public transport is rarely used for commuting and almost every home owns at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes lack a car, with only 1.8% having none, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Most households own multiple cars, as 22.4% have three and 15.8% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Buxton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (22%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Nobody in the area commutes using public transport, and only 15.2% work from home, a figure far below the state average of 31%. Instead, 63% of workers drive themselves to their jobs.
15.2% ▲ +300.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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.
While Buxton has more transport stops and routes than most similar areas, the services are limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.38
Higher than 71% 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).
90.3
Higher than 67% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes about 7 minutes. For those heading into the city, the drive takes around 67 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Buxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10724/buxton/topic/transport