3.9% ▼ -46.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pambula · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pambula
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A far lower number of people work from home in Pambula compared to the rest of the state. While 11.2% of workers do so, this is well below the national figure and the New South Wales average. Most residents rely on cars to get around, though the area has a surprisingly high number of public transport stops for its size.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common here, with 45.8% of homes having one vehicle and 34.2% having two. Only 3.9% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pambula, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 46%, followed by 2 vehicles (34%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 59.6% of residents, while 12.2% walk. Very few people use public transport for their commute at 0.8%, and the 11.2% working from home is far below the state average.
11.2% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.8%
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.
Pambula has 9 public transport stops and 6 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. However, the weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.
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.
8.98
Higher than 87% 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).
407.2
Higher than 77% 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).
6
Higher than 86% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 7 minutes, which is around the middle for areas of this level.
7
Lower than 61% 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 Pambula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13151/pambula/topic/transport