0.7% ▲ —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gobbagombalin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gobbagombalin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A huge majority of people in Gobbagombalin rely on cars to get around, with almost no one using public transport to commute. Only 0.7% of homes lack a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%. This high level of car ownership defines how people move through the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 56.1% owning two and 13.3% owning three. This means the number of households without a vehicle is very low at 0.7%, far below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gobbagombalin, 2 vehicles is the majority at 56%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 75.1% of people commuting as the driver. Very few people work from home at 8.2%, which is far below the 21% national average, and no one uses public transport for their commute.
8.2% ▼ -59.7%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 one bus route and one stop, access is very limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are 24.3, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
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.
0.46
Higher than 59% 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).
24.3
Higher than 60% 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 public transport is a challenge, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 35 minutes. This is higher than most similar areas.
35
Higher 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 Gobbagombalin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11693/gobbagombalin/topic/transport