0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Oxley Island · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oxley Island
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Oxley Island has a car, making it far more vehicle-dependent than the state or national average. While the area has a high number of public transport stops, the actual frequency of services is far below the New South Wales figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single household owns a motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national rates for homes without a car. Most homes have two vehicles, though about 18% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Oxley Island, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (24%) and 4 or more (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive to work, and 15.3% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure. A small number of people use public transport, with 3.6% taking the bus.
15.3% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.6%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.6% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
There are 28 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
9
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
28.04
Higher than 96% 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).
171.3
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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Residents have quick access to transit, with a typical three-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas.
3
Lower than 79% 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).
More for Oxley Island
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Oxley Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13120/oxley-island/topic/transport