Chilcotts Grass · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Chilcotts Grass

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Driving is the only way to get around in Chilcotts Grass, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is clear across the area, as there are no public transport routes or stops available for residents to use.

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📍 Chilcotts Grass, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Almost every home has multiple cars, with 39.3% owning two vehicles and another 52.4% owning three or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Chilcotts Grass, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 3 vehicles (27%) and 4 or more (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Most people drive to work, with 63.1% as the driver and 5.4% as a passenger. Only 10% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the national figure of 21%.

10.0% ▼ -34.3%

Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 15.2%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 10.0%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Chilcotts Grass, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 12%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is completely unavailable here, with no stops or routes serving the area. This stands in stark contrast to New South Wales, which has an average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.

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Lower than 99% 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).

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Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Because there are no local services, the typical walk to the nearest transport stop is 22 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.

22

Higher than 60% 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).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Chilcotts Grass [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10902/chilcotts-grass/topic/transport