6.4% ▼ -18.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charlestown · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Charlestown
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Strong public transport access defines daily life in Charlestown, where 71 stops serve the area. While most people still rely on cars, the suburb has a higher proportion of homes without a vehicle than most similar areas. This mix of high transit availability and a shift toward working from home shapes how residents move.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 6.4% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households keep two cars, accounting for 40.9% of homes.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Charlestown, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (36%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 23.0% of residents, a figure higher than in most similar areas. Only 1.0% of the workforce ever commutes by public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures.
23.0% ▲ +634.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% ▼ -55.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Access to transport is excellent, with 13 routes and 71 stops making it one of the largest hubs at this level. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are a little above the New South Wales figure.
71
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.22
Higher than 78% 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).
1,621.3
Higher than 90% 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).
13
Higher than 86% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes almost no time for many, ranking among the lowest for this measure. However, the drive time to the city is 101 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
101
Higher than 70% 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).
More for Charlestown
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Charlestown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10884/charlestown/topic/transport