35.7% ▼ -32.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 42.4%
- 2021: 35.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Purfleet · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Purfleet
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over a third of homes in Purfleet have no motor vehicle, a figure far above the national average. While the area has a high number of transport stops for its small population, the actual frequency of services is much lower than across New South Wales.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 35.7% of households do not own a car, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and far above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. The remaining homes typically have just one vehicle.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Purfleet splits fairly evenly between No vehicle (50%) and 1 vehicle (50%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 0%, ahead of Car (passenger) (0%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Purfleet has 9.35 public transport stops per 1,000 people, far above the state average. However, the 46.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6, with all services provided by buses.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.35
Higher than 87% 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).
46.7
Higher than 62% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Walking to the nearest transport stop takes about 5 minutes, which is lower than most areas.
5
Lower than 68% 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).
More for Purfleet
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Purfleet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13288/purfleet/topic/transport