0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Picketts Valley · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Picketts Valley
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Far more people work from home in Picketts Valley than across Australia, with 35.5% of the workforce doing so. This is a car-dependent area where every single home owns at least one motor vehicle. The local transport landscape is defined by a heavy reliance on private cars and a very low use of public transit.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is universal here, as 0.0% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 39.3% owning three vehicles and 23% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Picketts Valley splits fairly evenly between 3 vehicles (40%) and 2 vehicles (37%), with 4 or more at 23%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 51.6% of residents, while 35.5% work from home, a figure far above the Australian average. Public transport is not used for commuting by anyone in the area.
35.5% ▲ +133.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 35.5%
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: 2.7%
- 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.
While there are more public transport stops and routes than in many similar areas, the actual service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.52
Higher than 76% 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).
371.0
Higher than 76% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
The typical walk to the nearest stop takes 16 minutes, and the drive time to the city is 68 minutes.
16
Higher than 54% 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.
68
Lower than 51% 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 Picketts Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13210/picketts-valley/topic/transport