0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carroll · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carroll
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Carroll has at least one motor vehicle, making the area almost entirely reliant on cars for daily travel. This high level of car ownership is far above the national figure, where about 7% of homes have no vehicle at all.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have multiple cars, with 36.7% owning two and 17.3% owning four or more. This high car dependency is reflected in the fact that 0% of homes are without a vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carroll, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.3% of residents. While 16.8% work from home, this is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
16.8% ▲ —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
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.
The area has more public transport stops per person than most similar areas, but services are very limited. Only two bus routes operate here, and weekly departures are far below the state average.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.56
Higher than 84% 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).
13.1
Higher than 59% 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.
Getting to a transit stop is a challenge, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 82 minutes, which is among the highest times for areas of this level.
82
Higher than 98% 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.
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).
More for Carroll
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Carroll [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10831/carroll/topic/transport