3.1% ▲ +25.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Red Rock · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Red Rock
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of car reliance than most similar areas define Red Rock, where 96.9% of homes own at least one motor vehicle. This dependence on private transport is clear, as the area has no public transport routes or stops available for residents.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few homes here go without a car, with only 3.1% of households owning no vehicle. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% and the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Red Rock, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 45%, followed by 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Most people drive themselves to work, though 16.6% work from home, which is well below the national figure of 21.0%. About 3.2% commute by public transport, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
16.6% ▲ +496.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.2% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
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.
Public transport is essentially non-existent in Red Rock, with zero routes or stops. This is far below the New South Wales average of 5.27 stops per 1,000 people.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
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.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The lack of local infrastructure means residents face a long walk to the nearest stop, taking typically 32 minutes, which is higher than most areas.
32
Higher 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 Red Rock
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Red Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13347/red-rock/topic/transport