5.2% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Potts Hill · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Potts Hill
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than 40% of workers in Potts Hill work from home, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of remote work is a defining feature of daily life here, reducing the need for a daily commute. While the area is well-connected by road, public transport options are limited to buses.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 43% of homes in Potts Hill have two motor vehicles, and only 5.2% have none. This lack of cars is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Potts Hill, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 43%, followed by 1 vehicle (35%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is very common here, with 40.5% of residents doing so, which is far above the Australian figure of 21%. Only 2.1% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work, which is about the same as the state average.
40.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 40.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
2.1% —
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 2.1%
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.
Public transport is limited to four bus routes and three stops. While the number of routes is higher than in about 85% of similar areas, the travel time to the city is much higher than most areas at 78 minutes.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.06
Higher than 66% 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).
785.4
Higher than 84% 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).
4
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
5,138
Higher than 51% 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).
74,055
Higher than 73% 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).
78
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car is relatively quick, with a drive time of 21 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. The typical walk to the nearest transport stop takes around 9 minutes.
9
Lower than 56% 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.
21
Lower than 82% 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 Potts Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13267/potts-hill/topic/transport