1.2% ▼ -45.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paterson · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paterson
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Paterson now owns a car, reflecting a strong shift toward private vehicle reliance. This trend is clear in the data, as only 1.2% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Private cars are essential here, with 63.6% of homes owning either two or three vehicles. This high level of ownership is consistent with only 1.2% of households lacking a motor vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paterson, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 44%, followed by 3 vehicles (20%) and 1 vehicle (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, while 24.9% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average. No one in the area commutes by public transport.
24.9% ▲ +169.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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.
Paterson has 9 public transport stops and 4 routes, which is far above the New South Wales average for stop density. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state 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.
9.38
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).
137.5
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).
4
Higher than 82% 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.
Getting around is slow, with a typical 123-minute drive to the city. Access is limited by distance, as it takes 31 minutes to walk to the nearest stop, which is higher than most areas.
31
Higher than 67% 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.
123
Higher than 82% 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 Paterson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13170/paterson/topic/transport