5.2% ▼ -44.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Niagara Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Niagara Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than a quarter of workers in Niagara Park now work from home, a figure well above the national average. While most residents rely on cars, the area has an unusually high number of public transport stops for its size. This mix of remote work and good infrastructure helps define how people move through the suburb.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 40.4% owning two. Only 5.2% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Niagara Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here, with 27.1% of residents doing so, which is well above the Australian average. Nearly half of the workforce drives to work, while 2.0% use public transport, a rate much higher than most similar areas.
27.1% ▲ +504.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 27.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.0% ▼ -77.8%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
Niagara Park has a high level of infrastructure with 22 stops and 4 routes, which is more than about 85% of similar areas. The number of stops per 1,000 people is well above the state average, though the total number of people reachable by transit within 45 minutes remains relatively small.
22
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.92
Higher than 86% 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).
1,130.3
Higher than 87% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
8,205
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
A typical trip to the city takes 62 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 20 minutes.
20
Higher than 59% 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.
62
Lower than 55% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Niagara Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12970/niagara-park/topic/transport