3.6% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Empire Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Empire Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more than the national figure of 21% work from home in Empire Bay, where 28.4% of the workforce do so. This reliance on home-based work is reflected in the local travel patterns, with very few residents using public transport to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 3.6% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. About 41.5% of households own two vehicles, while 12.1% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Empire Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people rely on cars, with 48.6% driving to work. Only 1.1% use public transport, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 2.7%.
28.4% ▲ +278.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▼ -80.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
Empire Bay has a high number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 31 stops and 12.29 stops per 1,000 people. Weekly departures are also far above the state figure, though all services are bus-based.
31
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.29
Higher than 88% 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).
2,205.4
Higher than 93% 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).
3
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
11,042
Lower than 57% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is among the lowest for similar areas. It takes around 67 minutes to drive to the city, which is about middle of the road for this level.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
67
Lower than 52% 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 Empire Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11418/empire-bay/topic/transport