3.8% ▼ -51.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pelican · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pelican
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Changing habits are evident in Pelican, where 18% of workers now operate from home. While the area has an abundance of bus services, almost every resident still relies on a private car to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes here have multiple cars, with 40.1% owning two vehicles. Only 3.8% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pelican, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60.8% of residents. Despite the local options, 0% of people use public transport for their commute, a figure well below the national average.
18.0% ▲ +692.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 18.0%
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: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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.
Bus services are plentiful in Pelican, with 13 stops and 3 routes. The area has 1,811.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
14.87
Higher than 90% 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).
1,811.2
Higher than 91% 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.
Walking to the nearest stop takes only 4 minutes, which is lower than in most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 89 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
89
Higher than 62% 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 Pelican [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13189/pelican/topic/transport