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.
Oyster Cove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Oyster Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far fewer homes without a car are found in Oyster Cove compared to the rest of the country. Every single household in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, making the community heavily dependent on private transport to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least two cars, with 32.4% owning two and 13.5% owning three. This explains why the 0.0% of homes without a vehicle is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Oyster Cove splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (43%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 18%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Private cars are the main way to travel, as 61.1% of people either drive or ride as a passenger. The 13.9% who work from home is well below the national figure of 21.0%.
13.9% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 13.9%
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.
The area has 10.99 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales average. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
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.
10.99
Higher than 88% 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).
54.9
Higher than 63% 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.
It takes 128 minutes to drive to the city, which is much higher than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 12 minutes.
12
Lower than 51% 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.
128
Higher than 85% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Oyster Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13124/oyster-cove/topic/transport