0.7% ▼ -58.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Colo Vale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Colo Vale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single home in Colo Vale relies on a car to get around. With only 0.7% of households without a motor vehicle, the area is far more dependent on private transport than the state and national averages.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 42.7% owning two and 16.2% owning four or more. Very few households, just 0.7%, have no vehicle at all.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Colo Vale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63.3% of residents, while 15.5% work from home. This last figure is well below the national average of 21%.
15.5% ▲ +192.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
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: 0.7%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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.
Public transport is limited to two bus routes and six stops. While this is more than many similar areas, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.38
Higher than 71% 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).
96.3
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).
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.
Reaching public transport is a challenge here, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 58 minutes for many. The drive time to the city is typically 76 minutes.
58
Higher than 84% 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.
76
Higher than 54% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Colo Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10985/colo-vale/topic/transport