1.5% ▲ +30.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Millfield · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Millfield
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars are essential for daily life in Millfield, where only 1.5% of homes have no motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is clear across the area, as the vast majority of residents depend on them to reach work and services.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 41.1% of homes owning two vehicles and 12.6% having four or more. The proportion of homes without a car is well below both the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Millfield, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one in Millfield uses public transport to get to work, while 16.1% work from home. This is far below the New South Wales figure and well below the national average.
16.1% ▲ +150.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 16.1%
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: 0.8%
- 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.
While the area has more public transport stops and routes than many similar places, service levels are far below the state average. Bus services are the only option, with 99.8 weekly departures per 1,000 people.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.12
Higher than 70% 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).
99.8
Higher than 68% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Reaching the city is a long trip, with a drive time of 108 minutes. For those using public transport, the walk to the nearest stop typically takes 14 minutes.
14
Higher than 51% 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.
108
Higher than 74% 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 Millfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12631/millfield/topic/transport