5.7% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Metford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Metford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 63% of workers in Metford drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way to get around. While the area has a very high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 39.4% owning two vehicles. Only 5.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Metford, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 1 vehicle (34%) and 3 vehicles (15%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is uncommon here at 12.5%, a figure far below the state average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with only 0.8% doing so.
12.5% ▲ +720.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▼ -62.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 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.
Metford has 29 public transport stops and 8 routes, which are among the largest totals for an area of this size. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure.
29
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.16
Higher than 82% 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).
881.5
Higher than 85% 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).
8
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes very little time to reach a stop, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes. In contrast, the drive time to the city is 100 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
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.
100
Higher than 69% 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 Metford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12603/metford/topic/transport