Ravensdale · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Ravensdale

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

Far fewer homes in Ravensdale go without a car compared to the national figure, with no households lacking a vehicle. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature for the area, as there are no public transport stops or routes available for residents.

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📍 Ravensdale, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Car ownership is very high here, with 33.3% of homes owning four or more vehicles. This explains why 0.0% of households are without a car, a figure well below the 9.2% seen across New South Wales.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Ravensdale, the largest group is 4 or more at 44%, followed by 1 vehicle (33%) and 2 vehicles (22%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common, with 30.3% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure of 21.0%. For those who do travel, 42.4% drive themselves, while 0.0% use public transport.

30.3%

Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 30.3%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Ravensdale, Car (driver) is the majority at 58%; Worked at home is next at 42%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

Public transport is non-existent in the area, with zero stops and zero routes. This means no one can reach other people via transit within 45 minutes, and the number of weekly departures is far below the state average.

0.00

Lower than 99% 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).

0.0

Lower than 99% 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).

0

Lower than 99% 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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting into the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 204 minutes. This is among the highest travel times for areas at this level.

204

Higher than 99% 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 Ravensdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13333/ravensdale/topic/transport