5.4% ▲ —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Patonga · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Patonga
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Half of the people who work in Patonga do so from home, reflecting a lifestyle less dependent on a daily commute. This makes it one of the areas with the highest proportion of home-based workers in the region, far above the national figure of 21%.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households have one or two cars, though 5.4% have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, despite being well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Patonga, 1 vehicle is the majority at 53%; 2 vehicles is next at 34%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 50% of the workforce operates from home, 38.2% drive to work. Notably, no one in the area commutes using public transport, which is well below the national average.
50.0% ▲ +883.3%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 50.0%
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: 5.1%
- 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 11 public transport stops and one route, both of which are more than most similar places. Bus services provide all the transit here, with weekly departures per 1,000 people being a little above the state figure.
11
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
46.81
Higher 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).
1,591.5
Higher than 89% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
24,697
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city takes a long time, with a typical drive of 86 minutes. Access to transit is also limited, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 28 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
28
Higher than 65% 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.
86
Higher than 60% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Patonga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13171/patonga/topic/transport