0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Middle Arm · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Middle Arm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in Middle Arm owns at least one car, as the area has seen a complete reliance on private vehicles. This dependence is clear in the commute patterns, where the vast majority of residents drive to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 38.3% of homes having two vehicles and 16.4% owning four or more. No homes in the area are without a motor vehicle, a figure well below the national average.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Middle Arm, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 3 vehicles (25%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way people get to work, with 60.7% as the driver. Those working from home make up 14.2%, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
14.2% ▲ +60.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
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. This puts the local access far below the New South Wales average.
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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is a long trip from Middle Arm, with a drive time of 126 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
126
Higher than 84% 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 Middle Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12610/middle-arm/topic/transport