1.4% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oakville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oakville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people work from home in Oakville than in most similar areas, with 28.7% of the workforce doing so. This creates a distinct transport pattern where cars are essential and public transport is rarely used for commuting. While the area has a high number of transport stops, the actual service frequency remains very low.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are very common here, with 32.7% of homes owning four or more vehicles. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Oakville splits fairly evenly between 4 or more (33%) and 2 vehicles (29%), with 3 vehicles at 25%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes to work using public transport. Instead, nearly half of workers drive themselves, while 28.7% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average of 21%.
28.7% ▲ +187.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 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.
Oakville has 11 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 77 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.43
Higher than 79% 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).
77.0
Higher than 66% 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).
5
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents enjoy a short 5-minute walk to their nearest stop, which is lower than most areas. The typical drive time to the city is 39 minutes.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
39
Lower 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)).
- 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 Oakville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13071/oakville/topic/transport