8.3% ▼ -27.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Neath · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Neath
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Transport habits in Neath have remained largely consistent with regional trends, where cars are the primary way to get around. While the area has an impressive number of bus stops and services, very few residents actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own at least one car, with 42.7% having one and 35.9% having two. About 8.3% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Neath, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (36%) and No vehicle (8%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is dominated by cars, with 70.5% of people driving. Very few people work from home at 9.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21.0%, and nobody uses public transport to commute.
9.3% ▲ +293.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
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.
The area is well served by buses, with 13 stops and 3 routes. This results in 4,472.1 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
30.23
Higher than 98% 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).
4,472.1
Higher 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 about 7 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, the drive time to the city is 99 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
99
Higher than 68% 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 Neath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12926/neath/topic/transport