2.3% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Pottsville · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Pottsville
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Only 2.3% of homes in Pottsville have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area heavily dependent on cars for getting around. While there are more transport stops here than in most similar places, very few people actually use them for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost half of all households have two cars, and 11.8% have three. Very few people get by without a car, as the 2.3% without a vehicle is much lower than the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Pottsville, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 3 vehicles (12%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive to work, with 61.3% being the driver. Those working from home make up 16.7% of the workforce, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31.0%.
16.7% ▲ +259.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -76.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.3%
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.
Pottsville has 26 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than about 91% of similar areas. However, weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state figure, and all available services are buses.
26
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.
3.59
Higher than 72% 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).
317.8
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).
7
Higher than 86% 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.
It takes about 9 minutes to walk to the nearest public transport stop, a figure that is around the middle for its level.
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.
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 Pottsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13269/pottsville/topic/transport