1.2% ▼ -72.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Paxton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Paxton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Paxton relies on a car to get around. With only 1.2% of homes lacking a motor vehicle, the area is far more car-dependent than the rest of New South Wales.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have multiple cars, with 37.5% owning two and 20.1% owning three. This means the same small slice of the population lacks a vehicle compared to the state figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Paxton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (29%) and 3 vehicles (20%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 65% of people. Only 12.1% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
12.1% ▲ +570.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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.
Public transport is limited to a single bus route with four stops. While this is more than some similar areas, the 105.3 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.29
Higher than 71% 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).
105.3
Higher than 69% 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 103 minutes to drive to the city, which is higher than most areas. However, some residents have no walk at all to reach their nearest transport stop.
0
Lower than 99% 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.
103
Higher than 71% 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 Paxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13173/paxton/topic/transport