6.4% ▼ -31.1%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pelaw Main · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pelaw Main
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 7.4 stops per 1,000 people make Pelaw Main an area with much better public transport access than most similar places. While these options exist, the vast majority of residents still rely on cars to get around. This is a quiet area where only 9.4% of workers stay home for their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, with 37.8% owning two. However, 6.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Pelaw Main splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 1 vehicle (34%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 64.1% of residents. Very few people use public transport to commute (0.7%), and the 9.4% who work from home is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
9.4% ▲ +192.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▲ —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Pelaw Main has 8 public transport stops and 3 routes, which is more than about 80% of similar areas. While these stops are plentiful, the 242.6 weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure.
8
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.41
Higher than 86% 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).
242.6
Higher than 74% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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 92 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than for most areas. A walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 9 minutes, which is around the middle for this level.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
92
Higher than 64% 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 Pelaw Main [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13188/pelaw-main/topic/transport