0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riverside · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Riverside
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 46-minute walk to the nearest stop makes Riverside one of the least accessible areas for public transport. Most residents rely entirely on their own cars to get around, as there are no public transport routes or stops serving the area.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in Riverside has at least one motor vehicle. Nearly half of all households have two cars, and about 10% own four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Riverside, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 49%, followed by 1 vehicle (22%) and 3 vehicles (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one uses public transport to get to work, with 42.1% driving and 19.3% working from home. This share of home-based workers is a little below the national figure of 21.0%.
19.3% ▲ +192.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 19.3%
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.
There are no public transport stops or routes in the area. This puts Riverside 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.
Getting around without a car is difficult here, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 46 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
46
Higher than 77% 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 Riverside
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13382/riverside/topic/transport