0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Middle Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Middle Pocket
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower percentage of homes without cars is found in Middle Pocket than the national figure, as every single household here owns at least one vehicle. This total reliance on private cars is a defining feature of the area, which lacks any public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every household in Middle Pocket has a motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales and Australian averages for carless homes. About 34% of homes have one car, while 32% have two.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Middle Pocket splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (39%) and 2 vehicles (36%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 29.1%, which is well above the national figure. For those who do leave for work, 45.5% drive themselves, while no one uses public transport.
29.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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.
Public transport is nonexistent in Middle Pocket, with zero stops and routes. This is far below the New South Wales average for both the number of stops and weekly departures per 1,000 people.
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 around without a car is difficult, as the walk to the nearest transport stop takes 78 minutes. This is among the highest times recorded for areas of this type.
78
Higher than 95% 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 Middle Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12617/middle-pocket/topic/transport