14.3% ▲ +95.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
Ootha · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ootha
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer people work from home in Ootha compared to the rest of the country. While 14.3% of the local workforce does so, this is well below the national figure of 21%. Most residents rely on private cars for their daily travel.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
The most common motor vehicles per home is 3 vehicles at 26%, ahead of No vehicle (0%).
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ootha, 3 vehicles is the majority at 100%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, and no one uses public transport to commute. The 14.3% who work from home is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
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 two bus routes and one stop in the area, which is more than most similar places. However, the 136.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure of 1,313.6.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
22.73
Higher than 94% 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).
136.4
Higher than 72% 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).
2
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest public transport stop takes 86 minutes, which is among the highest times seen for areas at this level.
86
Higher 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.
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)).
- 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 Ootha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13100/ootha/topic/transport