4.7% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Matong · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Matong
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Matong than in most similar areas, with 28.6% of the workforce doing so. While the area has a high number of transport stops relative to its size, the distance to reach them makes the car essential for most residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 12.5% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Only 4.7% 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 Matong, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 33%, followed by 2 vehicles (26%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, used by 47.6% of residents. No one in the area commutes by public transport, while working from home is well above the national figure.
28.6% ▲ +17.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 15.5%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
Matong has 12.58 transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. However, weekly departures are far below the state average, and all available services are buses.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
12.58
Higher than 89% 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).
113.2
Higher than 70% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes a typical 58 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
58
Higher than 84% 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 Matong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12533/matong/topic/transport