5.9% ▲ +60.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Harwood · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Harwood
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Daily life in Harwood relies almost entirely on private cars to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its size, almost no one uses public transport to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, though 5.9% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is a little below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Harwood splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (34%) and 2 vehicles (30%), with 3 vehicles at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Cars are the primary way to get to work, while the 5.2% of people working from home is far below the national figure. No one in the area commutes by public transport.
5.2% ▼ -40.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
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.
Harwood has 11.56 stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
11.56
Higher than 88% 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).
124.3
Higher than 71% 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.
Getting to a stop is not convenient for most, as the typical walk to the nearest one takes 39 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
39
Higher than 73% 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 Harwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11872/harwood/topic/transport