0.7% ▼ -61.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pitt Town · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pitt Town
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Pitt Town relies on a car for daily life, with only 0.7% of households owning no motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is reflected in the commute, where nearly half of the workforce drive to work and 30.3% work from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 41.6% of homes having two vehicles and another 22.4% owning four or more. This means far fewer homes are without a car compared to the state figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pitt Town, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 4 or more (22%) and 3 vehicles (21%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is common here at 30.3%, which is well above the Australian figure of 21%. Only 0.6% of people use public transport to get to work, which is a little below the national average.
30.3% ▲ +267.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.6% ▼ -22.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 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.
While Pitt Town has 21 public transport stops—more than about 89% of similar areas—these are all buses. Despite this, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
21
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.42
Higher than 79% 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).
348.2
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 drive time to the city is 47 minutes, which is lower than most similar areas. For those using transit, the walk to the nearest stop typically takes around 10 minutes.
10
Lower 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.
47
Lower than 63% 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 Pitt Town [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13238/pitt-town/topic/transport