0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Downside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Downside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Zero homes without a car is the striking reality for Downside, where vehicle ownership is far higher than the state and national figures. This car-dependent area sees almost everyone relying on private transport for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 84.4% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Not a single household in the area is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Downside, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 4 or more (31%) and 3 vehicles (23%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost everyone who works travels by car, with 64.9% driving themselves. While 18.9% of people work from home, this is far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.
18.9% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Downside has 40.32 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. Despite having 5 stops and 2 bus routes, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
5
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
40.32
Higher 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).
403.2
Higher than 77% 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.
Getting to public transport is difficult, with the walk to the nearest stop taking a typical 66 minutes. This is much higher than most similar areas.
66
Higher than 89% 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 Downside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11287/downside/topic/transport