Pitt Town Bottoms · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Pitt Town Bottoms

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer people rely on public transport than in most similar areas, making Pitt Town Bottoms a place where cars are essential. While 22.7% of the workforce works from home, the rest of the community is almost entirely dependent on private vehicles to get to their jobs.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 4 or more at 67%, ahead of 3 vehicles (50%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Pitt Town Bottoms, the largest group is 4 or more at 47%, followed by 3 vehicles (35%) and 2 vehicles (18%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

No one here commutes by public transport, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Instead, 52.3% of workers drive themselves to work, while 22.7% work from home, a figure slightly above the Australian average.

22.7%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 21.3%
  • 2021: 22.7%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Pitt Town Bottoms, Car (driver) is the majority at 70%; Worked at home is next at 30%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is virtually non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes available. This puts the region far below the New South Wales average for transport access and departures per 1,000 people.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Residents face a 57-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much higher than most areas. From this location, the drive time to the city is about 45 minutes.

57

Higher than 83% 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.

45

Lower than 65% 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 Bottoms [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13239/pitt-town-bottoms/topic/transport