8.7% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carey Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carey Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 30% of people in Carey Bay work from home, a figure well above the national average. This makes the area much more reliant on home-based work than most similar places, though the majority of residents still rely on cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.7% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households own one or two cars, with 40.2% having one and 36.5% having two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Carey Bay splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, a figure well below the national average. While 51.7% of workers drive, 29.4% work from home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
29.4% ▲ +523.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 29.4%
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: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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.
The area has 7 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than many similar places. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
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.
8.09
Higher than 86% 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).
289.0
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).
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.
It takes 90 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. On the other hand, the walk to the nearest transport stop is short, taking only 4 minutes.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
90
Higher than 63% 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 Carey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10811/carey-bay/topic/transport