2.9% ▼ -28.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Gwandalan · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Gwandalan
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Gwandalan relies on a car to get around, with 97.1% of homes owning at least one motor vehicle. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, very few people actually use them to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as only 2.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. The typical household owns two vehicles, while 22.9% of homes have three or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Gwandalan, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (31%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 59.1% of residents, while 19.7% work from home. Notably, no one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national figure.
19.7% ▲ +759.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 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.
Gwandalan has 15 public transport stops and 4 routes, putting it in the top 15% of similar areas. However, these are all bus services and the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales average.
15
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.96
Higher than 73% 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).
368.6
Higher than 76% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
6,492
Lower than 63% 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.
It takes about 80 minutes to drive to the city. Residents can reach their nearest public transport stop in about 6 minutes, which is faster than in most areas.
6
Lower than 64% 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.
80
Higher than 57% 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 Gwandalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11831/gwandalan/topic/transport