6.7% ▼ -24.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Raymond Terrace · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Raymond Terrace
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 117-minute drive to the city marks Raymond Terrace as an area where travel distances are significantly longer than in most places. While the town has a high number of transport stops, most residents rely heavily on their own cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Almost 40% of homes have one car and 35% have two. Only 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Raymond Terrace splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (40%) and 2 vehicles (35%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the dominant choice for 63% of workers, while only 0.5% use public transport. Just 11.7% of people work from home, a figure far below the New South Wales average of 31%.
11.7% ▲ +525.0%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.5% ▼ -58.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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 86 stops across 11 bus routes, which is among the largest for a place of this size. With 1,491.5 weekly departures per 1,000 people, service frequency is a little above the state figure.
86
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.39
Higher than 83% 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).
1,491.5
Higher than 89% 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).
11
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.
Despite the high number of stops, the typical walk to the nearest one takes 52 minutes. This is much higher than in most other areas.
52
Higher than 81% 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.
117
Higher than 79% 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 Raymond Terrace [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13340/raymond-terrace/topic/transport