2.7% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Erowal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Erowal Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost half of all homes in Erowal Bay have two motor vehicles. This reliance on cars is clear in the way people travel, with the vast majority of residents driving themselves to work and almost no one using public transport.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and only 2.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4% and the New South Wales rate of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Erowal Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (11%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, as 0.0% of people use public transport. This is well below the national figure, while 13.5% of people work from home, which is far below the state average.
13.5% ▲ +275.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 13.5%
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: 1.4%
- 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 6.13 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is a little above the state average. However, with only one bus route serving the area, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.13
Higher than 82% 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).
239.3
Higher than 74% 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.
It takes 135 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most similar areas. The walk to the nearest stop takes about 12 minutes, placing the area around the middle for its level.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
135
Higher than 87% 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 Erowal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11439/erowal-bay/topic/transport