Napoleon Reef · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Napoleon Reef

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A stark gap in transport access defines Napoleon Reef, where not a single household lacks a motor vehicle. This car-reliant area sees over a quarter of its workforce working from home, while public transport is completely absent.

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📍 Napoleon Reef, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Napoleon Reef has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures for those without a car. Most households have two or three vehicles, with 37.7% owning two and 24.5% owning three.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Napoleon Reef, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 3 vehicles (28%) and 1 vehicle (23%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, accounting for 27.4% of the workforce, which is well above the national figure. While over half of residents drive themselves to work, 0.0% use public transport, a figure well below the Australian average.

27.4% ▲ +61.8%

Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 16.9%
  • 2016: 17.4%
  • 2021: 27.4%

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.

How people get to work

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In Napoleon Reef, Car (driver) is the majority at 53%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in this area, with zero stops and routes. This lack of service means weekly departures are far below the New South Wales figure.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Travel to the city is a significant undertaking, with the drive time sitting among the highest for similar areas at 266 minutes.

266

Higher than 99% 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 Napoleon Reef [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12903/napoleon-reef/topic/transport