Cams Wharf · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Cams Wharf

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Zero homes in Cams Wharf are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and Australian averages. This reliance on private cars is reflected in the daily commute, where over half of workers drive themselves. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, public transport is rarely used for work.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household owns at least one motor vehicle, with 51.2% having one car and 38.1% having two. This is much lower than the national and state figures for homes without a car.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Cams Wharf, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (11%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 24.6% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. No one uses public transport to get to work, as 55.1% of residents drive themselves.

24.6% —

Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 24.6%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Cams Wharf, Car (driver) is the majority at 69%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 10.99 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.

10.99

Higher than 88% 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).

241.8

Higher than 74% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Residents have very quick access to transport, with a typical walk to the nearest stop taking only 2 minutes. The drive time to the city is 82 minutes.

2

Lower than 86% 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.

82

Higher than 58% 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 Cams Wharf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10783/cams-wharf/topic/transport