0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rainbow Flat · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rainbow Flat
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Private cars have remained the essential way to travel in Rainbow Flat, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This total reliance on driving is reflected in the way people get to work and the long walks required to reach the few available transit stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Rainbow Flat has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most households keep two vehicles, while 15.9% have four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rainbow Flat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 3 vehicles (19%) and 1 vehicle (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.4% of workers as the driver and no one using public transport. Those working from home make up 15.6% of the workforce, a figure well below the national average.
15.6% ▲ +87.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 15.6%
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.
While there are four public transport routes and two stops—more than many similar areas—the 90.9 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure. All available services are bus-based.
2
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
2.89
Higher than 69% 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).
90.9
Higher than 67% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a transit stop is difficult in Rainbow Flat, as it takes a typical 41 minutes to walk to the nearest one, which is much higher than in most other areas.
41
Higher than 74% 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 Rainbow Flat
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rainbow Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13318/rainbow-flat/topic/transport