0.4% ▼ -80.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Avoca · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Avoca
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in North Avoca has a car, with 51.7% of households owning two vehicles. While there are plenty of bus stops nearby, the area is largely car-dependent for daily travel, though a very high number of residents now work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households get by without a car, as only 0.4% have no motor vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Avoca, 2 vehicles is the majority at 51%; 1 vehicle is next at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far more common here than across Australia, with 37.1% of people doing so. This is a key way people get to work, alongside 43.3% who drive themselves.
37.1% ▲ +403.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 37.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -80.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
North Avoca has 28 public transport stops, which is more than about 91% of similar areas. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
28
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.
12.08
Higher than 88% 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).
663.9
Higher than 81% 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).
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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Getting to a stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 66 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
66
Lower than 52% 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 North Avoca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12990/north-avoca/topic/transport