0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
North Star · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in North Star
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in North Star has at least one motor vehicle, making cars essential for daily life. This reliance on private transport is reflected in how people get to work, with over half of the workforce driving themselves.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 41.2% having two vehicles and 15.7% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In North Star, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here for 27.7% of people, which is well above the national figure. Very few people use public transport to get to work, with 52.1% driving as the primary method.
27.7% ▲ +63.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 27.7%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in North Star. This means access to services is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in North Star [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13018/north-star/topic/transport