3.8% ▼ -48.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Harrington · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Harrington
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower share of people work from home in Harrington compared to the state and national figures. This reliance on traditional workplaces is mirrored in the way people move, as most residents depend on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 37.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 46.4% owning one. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Harrington, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most workers drive themselves to work (63.7%), while only 0.3% use public transport. This is a little below the national figure, and the 12.1% who work from home is far below the New South Wales rate of 31.0%.
12.1% ▲ +187.5%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▲ —
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
The area has 16 public transport stops, which is more than about 86% of similar areas. However, the 31.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
16
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.73
Higher than 76% 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).
31.6
Higher than 61% 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 a stop can take some time, as the walk to the nearest one takes typically 24 minutes. This is higher than in most areas.
24
Higher than 62% 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 Harrington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11865/harrington/topic/transport