1.0% ▲ —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Calderwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Calderwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost no one in Calderwood uses public transport to get to work, with 0.0% of the workforce doing so. This makes the area heavily dependent on cars, which is reflected in the very high number of households owning multiple vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 59.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 14.4% owning three. Only 1.0% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Calderwood, 2 vehicles is the majority at 59%; 1 vehicle is next at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 56.3% as the driver. Working from home is a common alternative for 22.6% of the workforce, which is a little above the Australian figure of 21.0%.
22.6% ▲ +145.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 22.6%
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: 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.
While Calderwood has 10 public transport stops and two routes, these are all buses. The number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales 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.
3.32
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).
353.5
Higher than 76% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes about 31 minutes, which is higher than most similar areas. The drive time to the city is around 81 minutes.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
81
Higher than 57% 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)).
- 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 Calderwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10749/calderwood/topic/transport