4.0% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Picton · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Picton
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A striking gap in vehicle ownership marks Picton, where only 4% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well below the national figure of 7.4%, reflecting a community that relies heavily on cars for daily life. While public transport options are available, the area remains firmly centered on private driving and working from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most households here own multiple cars, with 36.7% having two vehicles and 18.1% owning three. Very few homes lack a car, a rate that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Picton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 50.2% of residents. Working from home is also common at 26.1%, which is well above the national figure, while only 0.6% use public transport.
26.1% ▲ +423.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -79.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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.
Picton has a high number of transport stops and routes compared to similar areas, with 10.41 stops per 1,000 people. However, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average, and the system is dominated by buses.
55
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.41
Higher than 87% 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).
338.9
Higher than 75% 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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents have a short walk to the nearest stop, taking only 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 58 minutes, placing it around the middle for its level.
5
Lower than 68% 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.
58
Lower than 57% 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 Picton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13212/picton/topic/transport