0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oswald · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oswald
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every single household in Oswald relies on a car to get around. With no one using public transport to get to work and no local stops available, residents are heavily dependent on private vehicles for their daily needs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home here has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4% for households without a car. Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, while 27.6% own three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oswald, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (24%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of the workforce drives to work, and 10.4% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%. No one in the area uses public transport to commute.
10.4% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 the area. This puts Oswald 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Daily travel is time-consuming, with a 108-minute drive to the city. Reaching the nearest public transport stop takes 37 minutes on foot, both of which are higher than most areas.
37
Higher than 72% 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.
108
Higher than 74% 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)).
- Road & path network (OpenStreetMap, via Valhalla) — OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0).
More for Oswald
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Oswald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13111/oswald/topic/transport