Ewingsdale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Ewingsdale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Car ownership has remained the dominant way to get around Ewingsdale, where only 1% of homes lack a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is seen in the workforce, as 31% of residents work from home and the rest mainly drive to their jobs.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Most homes here have multiple cars, with 42.5% owning two and 17.9% owning four or more. Only 1% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.

1.0% ▲ —

Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 1.2%
  • 2021: 1.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ewingsdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one in the area commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure. Instead, 43.5% of workers drive themselves and 31% work from home, a rate far above the Australian average.

31.0% ▲ +72.2%

Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 18.0%
  • 2016: 16.8%
  • 2021: 31.0%

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.

How people get to work

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In Ewingsdale, Car (driver) is the majority at 54%; Worked at home is next at 38%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

While the area has 11 stops and 5 routes—more than most similar areas—weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure. All available public transport services are buses.

10.73

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).

317.1

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The typical resident of Ewingsdale faces a 13-minute walk to the nearest public transport stop, a distance that is around the middle for similar areas.

13

Higher than 50% 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 Ewingsdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11477/ewingsdale/topic/transport