1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pokolbin · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pokolbin
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost 44% of workers in Pokolbin work from home, making it one of the most flexible areas for employment at this level. This high rate of home working, combined with a total lack of public transport, means the area relies heavily on private cars for any travel outside the home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with only 1.8% of homes having no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average. Most households own multiple cars, and 43.6% have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pokolbin, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (26%) and 3 vehicles (18%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While 43.8% of people work from home—far above the national figure—those who do travel mostly use a car. No one in the area commutes using public transport.
43.8% ▲ +171.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This leaves Pokolbin far below the state average for transit access, with zero weekly departures per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Reaching the city is a significant journey, with a typical drive time of 117 minutes, which is much higher than most similar areas.
117
Higher than 79% 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)).
- 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 Pokolbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13248/pokolbin/topic/transport