6.2% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Catalina · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Catalina
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A strong reliance on cars defines travel in Catalina, where 66.3% of workers drive themselves to work. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people use public transport for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 6.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being a little below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Catalina, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Only 0.5% of workers use public transport, and the 7.4% who work from home is far below both the state and national figures.
7.4% ▲ +185.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.5%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
With 37 stops and two routes, Catalina has more transport infrastructure than most similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.
37
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.67
Higher than 90% 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).
355.7
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.
The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
9
Lower than 56% 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 Catalina
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Catalina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10852/catalina/topic/transport