8.2% ▼ -30.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gorokan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gorokan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More public transport stops and routes than most similar areas make Gorokan well-connected for its size. While the area is heavily reliant on cars, it is an outlier compared to other small places due to its high level of transit access.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, though 8.2% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the state and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gorokan, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 44%, followed by 2 vehicles (33%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 58.6% of residents. Working from home is far less common here than in the rest of New South Wales, at 15.3%.
15.3% ▲ +534.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.4% ▼ -56.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
Gorokan has 38 public transport stops and 13 routes, putting it among the largest at this level. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure.
38
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.41
Higher than 75% 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).
1,035.6
Higher than 86% 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).
13
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
22,362
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
42,413
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A short 4-minute walk to the nearest stop is lower than most areas. It takes typically 70 minutes to drive to the city, which is around the middle for its level.
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.
70
Higher than 50% 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
- 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Gorokan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11727/gorokan/topic/transport