2.4% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Horsley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Horsley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Horsley now has a car, with only 2.4% of households without a motor vehicle. This makes the area much more car-dependent than the state and national averages. While public transport options are available, the vast majority of residents rely on private vehicles for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, as 46% of homes have two vehicles and 10.9% have four or more. Only 2.4% of households get by without a car, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Horsley, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 46%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 21.5% of the workforce, a rate about the same as the national figure. Most people commute by car as a driver (55.7%), while only 0.8% use public transport to get to work.
21.5% ▲ +1009.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -69.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
There are 49 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is among the highest for similar areas. However, the 910.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the state figure of 1,313.6, and all services are buses.
49
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.
5.19
Higher than 78% 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).
910.1
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 very easy, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 73 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
73
Higher than 52% 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)).
- 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 Horsley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11949/horsley/topic/transport