0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Galong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Galong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Not a single home in Galong lacks a motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life here. Most households own at least two vehicles to navigate the area, while very few residents work from home compared to the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in the area has at least one vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures where some homes have none. Over half of all households own two or more cars.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Galong splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (34%), with 3 vehicles at 20%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 57% of people, and 15% work from home, which is well below the national figure. No one in Galong uses public transport to commute.
15.0% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 15.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
While the area has more public transport routes and stops than many similar places, the number of weekly departures is far below the state average. All available services are buses.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.26
Higher than 74% 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).
59.6
Higher than 64% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 19 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this type.
19
Higher than 58% 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 Galong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11584/galong/topic/transport