8.7% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Carss Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Carss Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fewer people use public transport than in most similar areas, yet Carss Park has a surprisingly high level of transit access. The standout feature is that 44.2% of residents work from home, which is far above the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.4% owning two. About 8.7% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure that is a little above the Australian average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Carss Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 4 or more (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 44.2%, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 31%. Very few people use public transport for work, with only 1.6% doing so.
44.2% ▲ +866.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 44.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -75.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 1.6%
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.
There are 9 public transport stops and one route serving the area, meaning there are 7.11 stops per 1,000 people. This is well above the state average, though the bus-only service takes 67 minutes to reach the city.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.11
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).
1,255.3
Higher than 88% 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).
41,459
Higher than 86% 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).
120,350
Higher than 83% 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).
67
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The area is very accessible, with a short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop. It also takes much less time to drive to the city than in most similar areas, with a typical trip of 20 minutes.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Carss Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10836/carss-park/topic/transport