5.4% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oatlands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oatlands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far higher share of people work from home in Oatlands than across Australia, with 42.2% of the workforce avoiding a daily commute. This shift is reflected in the local transport profile, where nearly half of all homes have two or more cars despite the area's strong connectivity.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households own multiple cars, with 42.3% having two vehicles. Only 5.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oatlands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here at 42.2%, a figure far above the national average of 21%. Only 0.7% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is a little below both state and national levels.
42.2% ▲ +762.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -86.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
The area has 24 stops and 4 routes, more than about 85% of similar areas, though the transit time to the city is much higher than most places at 74 minutes. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas, though a little below the New South Wales figure.
24
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.
4.11
Higher than 74% 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).
1,153.3
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).
22,878
Higher than 76% 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).
97,340
Higher than 78% 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).
74
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
It takes just 20 minutes to drive to the city, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also have excellent local access, with the walk to the nearest stop being among the lowest at this level.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
20
Lower than 83% 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 Oatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13074/oatlands/topic/transport