1.7% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rankin Park · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rankin Park
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people in Rankin Park go without a car, as only 1.7% of homes lack a motor vehicle. This high reliance on driving is common for the area, though nearly 27.2% of workers now shift their commute to the home office.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with nearly half of all homes owning two vehicles and 13.4% having three. This explains why the share of homes without a vehicle is well below the national figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Rankin Park, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (13%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Almost half of workers drive themselves to work, while 27.2% work from home, a figure well above the Australian average. Very few people use public transport to get to work, at just 0.5%.
27.2% ▲ +1137.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 27.2%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -42.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 0.5%
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.
The area has a good number of bus stops and routes compared to similar places, though the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.50
Higher than 79% 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).
692.6
Higher than 82% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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.
Residents can usually walk to the nearest transport stop in just one minute, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 96 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
96
Higher than 66% 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 Rankin Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13328/rankin-park/topic/transport