1.2% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Douglas Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Douglas Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Douglas Park relies on a car, with only 1.2% of households having no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure, reflecting a community where private transport is essential for daily life.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 25.2% of households owning four or more. Only 17.2% of homes have just one vehicle, meaning the typical resident has several options for getting around.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Douglas Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 33%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 23.7% of people doing so, which is a little above the Australian figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.9%.
23.7% ▲ +340.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 23.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.9% ▼ -79.8%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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.
There are 9 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.49
Higher than 83% 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).
272.0
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
11,112
Higher than 60% 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).
11,112
Lower than 57% 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 to the nearest stop is very easy, with a typical walk of just one minute. The drive time to the city is 51 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
1
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.
51
Lower than 61% 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 Douglas Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11285/douglas-park/topic/transport