2.6% ▼ -29.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Cattai · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Cattai
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 36% of homes in Cattai have two motor vehicles, making car ownership very common here. The area relies heavily on private transport, which is reflected in the fact that nobody uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is high, with 30.4% of households owning four or more vehicles. Very few homes lack a car, at just 2.6%, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Cattai, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 35%, followed by 4 or more (30%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 31.0%, a rate far above the Australian figure of 21.0%. Not a single person uses public transport to commute, with 44.0% of workers driving themselves to work.
31.0% ▲ +309.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 31.0%
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: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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.
While Cattai has 10 public transport stops—more than most similar areas—these are only buses. Despite this, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
10
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.29
Higher than 87% 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).
92.9
Higher than 68% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes about 49 minutes to drive to the city, which is faster than in most areas. However, walking to the nearest transport stop takes 24 minutes, which is longer than for most people.
24
Higher than 62% 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.
49
Lower than 62% 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 Cattai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10858/cattai/topic/transport