Pampoolah · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Pampoolah

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A car is essential for daily life in Pampoolah, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This total reliance on private transport is highlighted by a complete absence of public transport options and a long walk to any nearby stop.

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📍 Pampoolah, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every home in Pampoolah has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most households are well-equipped, with 41% owning two vehicles and 16.7% owning four or more.

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pampoolah, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (23%) and 3 vehicles (19%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 62% of residents as the driver. This matches the lack of public transport, as 0% of the workforce commutes by transit, and 15.2% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure.

15.2% ▲ +94.9%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 15.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

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.

How people get to work

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In Pampoolah, Car (driver) is the majority at 71%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are no public transport stops or routes serving the area, leaving the town far below the New South Wales average for transit access. Consequently, there are no weekly departures for residents to use.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the nearest transport stop is a significant challenge, with a typical walk of 58 minutes, which is much higher than in most similar areas.

58

Higher than 84% 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 Pampoolah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13153/pampoolah/topic/transport