1.4% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ellalong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ellalong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Ellalong relies on a car to get around, with only 1.4% of homes lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is a defining part of daily life in this rural area, where the typical resident lives far from the city and public transport options are limited.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, as 41.1% of homes have two vehicles and over 35% have three or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ellalong, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62.5% of people commuting as a driver and nobody using public transport. Only 11.2% of people work from home, which is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
11.2% ▲ +84.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
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.
While there are 7 public transport stops and one bus route, the service is infrequent. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
7
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.18
Higher than 78% 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).
154.7
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.
Daily travel involves long distances, with a 98-minute drive time to the city. Access to transit is difficult, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 35 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
35
Higher than 71% 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.
98
Higher than 68% 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)).
- 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 Ellalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11401/ellalong/topic/transport