6.7% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Colyton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Colyton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Fifty-two public transport stops make Colyton one of the most well-served areas for its size. While most people rely on cars, the suburb's high density of stops and routes makes it much easier to access transit than in many other similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 36.6% owning one and 36.2% owning two. Only 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Colyton splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (37%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, while 20.2% work from home, a figure that is higher than most areas. Very few people use public transport for their commute, with only 1.4% doing so.
20.2% ▲ +1027.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -75.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Colyton has six public transport routes and 5.93 stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. All of these services are buses, with 1,069.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
52
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.
5.93
Higher than 81% 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).
1,069.9
Higher than 87% 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).
6
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
13,028
Higher than 64% 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).
62,374
Higher than 70% 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.
Getting around is convenient, as the walk to the nearest stop takes just 3 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 31 minutes, which is also lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
31
Lower than 73% 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 Colyton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10987/colyton/topic/transport