6.3% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Phillip Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Phillip Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Nearly 33% of working residents in Phillip Bay work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work helps define a community where car travel remains the main way to get around, despite having a number of public transport options available.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have at least one car, and 34.2% own two. While 6.3% of households have no motor vehicle, this is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Phillip Bay, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the most common way to get to work for 43.1% of residents. The 32.6% who work from home is a little above the New South Wales figure and far above the national average.
32.6% ▲ +509.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 32.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.0% ▼ -50.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 three public transport routes and two stops, which is more than most similar places. All public transport is via bus, and the weekly departures per 1,000 people are much higher than most areas.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.77
Higher than 68% 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).
1,260.7
Higher than 88% 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).
10,616
Higher than 60% 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).
58,563
Higher than 68% 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).
69
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city is relatively quick, with a drive time of 17 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest stop takes 7 minutes.
7
Lower than 61% 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.
17
Lower than 86% 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 Phillip Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13205/phillip-bay/topic/transport