5.1% ▼ -35.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Charmhaven · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Charmhaven
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 3,000 weekly public transport departures per 1,000 people make Charmhaven an area with exceptionally high service frequency. While the suburb is well-served by buses, most residents still rely on their own cars for daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, though 5.1% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas. About 38% of homes have two vehicles, while 15% have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Charmhaven splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work, with 57.1% of people as the driver. Only 13.3% of residents work from home, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
13.3% ▲ +305.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -63.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
The area has 38 public transport stops and 13 routes, making it one of the best-served places for bus access. However, these services do not help people reach other hubs quickly, as zero people are reachable within 45 minutes by transit.
38
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.
15.19
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).
2,863.3
Higher than 96% 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).
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 7 minutes to walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 73 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
73
Higher than 52% 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 Charmhaven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10888/charmhaven/topic/transport