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.
Flat Tops · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Flat Tops
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive gap in public transport access defines Flat Tops, where there are no stops or routes available for residents. This creates a heavy reliance on private vehicles, which is further highlighted by the very long travel times to the city.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 71%, ahead of 1 vehicle (21%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Flat Tops, 2 vehicles is the majority at 63%; 1 vehicle is next at 19%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Worked at home at 53%, ahead of Car (driver) (33%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This means service levels are far below the New South Wales figure, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 takes a long time, with a typical drive time of 156 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.
156
Higher than 91% 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
- 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 Flat Tops [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11535/flat-tops/topic/transport