0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking 31.9% of people in Elands work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21.0%. This reliance on home-based work is consistent with the fact that no one in the area commutes using public transport. Most residents rely on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Elands has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures for households without a car. Nearly half of all homes have one vehicle, while 36.3% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elands, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 49%, followed by 2 vehicles (37%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
With no one using public transport to get to work, the car is the primary choice for 44.7% of the workforce. Another 6.4% of residents simply walk to their jobs.
31.9% ▲ +94.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 31.9%
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.
There are 16.85 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state figure. However, there are only three stops in total and the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
16.85
Higher than 91% 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).
140.4
Higher than 72% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes a typical 30 minutes, which is higher than in most other similar areas.
30
Higher than 67% 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 Elands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11391/elands/topic/transport