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.
North Arm · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Arm
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly every home in North Arm has a motor vehicle, making it more car-dependent than most similar areas. While the area has a high number of transport stops relative to its small population, almost all residents rely on cars to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in North Arm has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Over half of households own two vehicles, and 13.6% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Arm, 2 vehicles is the majority at 57%; 1 vehicle is next at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 75% of residents as the driver. Very few people work from home at 8.3%, which is far below the national figure of 21%.
8.3% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 8.3%
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.
There are 51.28 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure, with all services provided by bus.
6
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
51.28
Higher 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).
102.6
Higher than 69% 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.
It takes about 13 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas.
13
Higher than 50% 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 North Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12988/north-arm/topic/transport