0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Essington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Essington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Sixty per cent of homes in Essington have two motor vehicles, making cars the essential way to get around. This is a remote area where every single household owns at least one vehicle. There is no public transport available, and the typical drive to the city takes 224 minutes.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home here has a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes without one. Most families have two cars, while 17.1% of households own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Essington, 2 vehicles is the majority at 58%; 4 or more is next at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Since there are no buses or trains, 63.3% of workers drive themselves to work. Working from home is common at 22.4%, which is a little above the national figure of 21.0%.
22.4% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.5%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is non-existent in Essington, with zero stops and zero routes. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the city is a significant journey, with drive times among the highest for similar areas at 224 minutes.
224
Higher than 99% 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 Essington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11446/essington/topic/transport