0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
Higher Macdonald · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Higher Macdonald
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A three-and-a-half hour drive to the city makes Higher Macdonald one of the most remote areas in the region. Daily life here relies almost entirely on private vehicles due to a total lack of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is No vehicle at 0%, ahead of 1 vehicle (0%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 111%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This is far below the New South Wales figure for stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0.00
Lower than 99% 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to the city is a major journey, with a typical drive time of 216 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas at this level.
216
Higher than 99% 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
- 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 Higher Macdonald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11908/higher-macdonald/topic/transport