6.7% ▲ +11.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Old Guildford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Old Guildford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
About 43% of workers in Old Guildford drive themselves to work, making the car the primary way people get around. While many residents rely on vehicles, others make use of the area's high number of public transport stops to commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have at least one car, with 35% owning two. However, the 6.7% of households with no motor vehicle is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Old Guildford splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (35%) and 1 vehicle (31%), with 3 vehicles at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common for 26.1% of residents, which is well above the national figure. Around 3.6% of people use public transport to get to work, a rate much higher than in most similar areas.
26.1% ▲ +1997.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▼ -69.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
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.
Old Guildford has a high number of stops and routes compared to most areas, and all available services are buses. Despite this, the 81-minute transit time to the city is much higher than in most similar areas.
17
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.
5.95
Higher than 81% 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).
703.5
Higher than 82% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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).
158,658
Higher than 86% 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).
81
Higher than 90% 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 is very easy to reach a transport stop on foot, with a typical walk of only one minute. The drive time to the city is also much lower than in most similar areas at 22 minutes.
1
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.
22
Lower than 81% 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 Old Guildford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13088/old-guildford/topic/transport