0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eraring · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eraring
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Eraring has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national figures. This reliance on cars is mirrored in how people travel, with nearly half of workers driving themselves to work. While public transport is available, it is rarely used by the local workforce.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, with 0.0% of homes lacking a vehicle. Most households have multiple cars, and nearly 20% of homes own four or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eraring, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 36%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 26.1% of residents, which is well above the national figure. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, with most people driving or working from home.
26.1% ▲ +139.1%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 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 9.05 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is much higher than most areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.05
Higher than 87% 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).
316.7
Higher than 75% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
The walk to the nearest stop is very short, taking only 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. It takes about 78 minutes to drive from Eraring to the city.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
78
Higher than 55% 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 Eraring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11432/eraring/topic/transport