8.1% ▼ -18.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eden · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eden
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 68% of working residents in Eden drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has more transport routes and stops than most similar places, public transport use remains very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, though 8.1% have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. For the majority, one or two vehicles are the norm, with 39.7% of homes having just one car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Eden splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 3 vehicles at 11%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.3%. This is consistent with a low number of people working from home, at 7.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
7.3% ▲ +85.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 7.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -81.1%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Eden has 6 public transport routes and 9 stops, which are higher numbers than in about 81% to 89% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are 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.
2.69
Higher than 68% 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).
86.0
Higher than 67% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transport stop is a challenge here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 54 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
54
Higher than 82% 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).
More for Eden
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Eden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11378/eden/topic/transport