3.6% ▲ +125.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Jerrys Plains · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Jerrys Plains
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Higher rates of car reliance than most similar areas define Jerrys Plains, where the vast majority of households own multiple vehicles. With no public transport services available, almost every resident depends on a car to get around. This creates a stark contrast to the state and national figures for transit use.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 44.5% owning two and 19.1% owning four or more. Only 3.6% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Jerrys Plains, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 66.4% of people as the driver and 4.5% as a passenger. Only 10.7% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
10.7% ▲ +4.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. Consequently, 0% of people commute via public transport, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 2.7%.
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.
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).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Jerrys Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12030/jerrys-plains/topic/transport