4.4% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Elderslie · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Elderslie
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge number of people in Elderslie now work from home, with 27.6% doing so. This shift makes the area more reliant on personal cars, though there is still a decent range of bus services available for those who need them.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have two or more cars, with 43.1% owning two vehicles. Only 4.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Elderslie, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost half of workers drive themselves to work, while 27.6% work from home, a figure well above the national average. Very few people use public transport to commute, at just 0.5%.
27.6% ▲ +755.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 27.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -75.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
Public transport is mainly provided by buses, with 37 stops across the area. This is among the largest number of stops for an area of this size, and the number of weekly departures is much higher than in most similar areas.
37
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.
4.70
Higher than 76% 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).
1,180.5
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).
9
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
14,019
Higher than 65% 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).
36,853
Higher than 59% 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.
It is generally quick to access transit, with a typical 5-minute walk to the nearest stop. The drive time to the city is 45 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
45
Lower than 65% 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 Elderslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11394/elderslie/topic/transport