0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Eureka · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Eureka
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 41% of workers in Eureka drive to work, making the car the most common way to get around. While most households rely heavily on cars, a significant 33.8% of people work from home, which is far above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Eureka has at least one motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and national averages. Most households have two vehicles, though about 12% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Eureka, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 38%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 33.8%, which is a little above the state average. No one in the area uses public transport to get to work, and this is well below the national figure.
33.8% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 33.8%
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.
Eureka has 8 public transport stops and one bus route, which is more than most similar areas. However, with 113.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service levels are far below the New South Wales figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
22.66
Higher than 94% 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).
113.3
Higher than 70% 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.
Getting to the nearest public transport stop is relatively easy, with a typical walk of only 4 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
4
Lower 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.
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 Eureka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11464/eureka/topic/transport