2.3% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Riverview · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Riverview
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A massive 58.7% of working residents in Riverview now work from home, a figure far above the national average. This shift towards home-based work defines the local transport landscape, even as the area maintains high car ownership and excellent access to public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very common, with over half of all homes owning two vehicles. Only 2.3% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Riverview, 2 vehicles is the majority at 50%; 1 vehicle is next at 24%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
While a little below the state and national figures, 1.0% of people commute by public transport. The vast majority of the local workforce avoids a daily trip entirely, with 58.7% working from home.
58.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.0% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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.
Riverview has a high density of infrastructure, with 19 stops and 2 routes, which is much higher than most similar areas. This provides a strong number of weekly departures per person, though all services are bus-based.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.04
Higher than 82% 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).
1,100.4
Higher than 87% 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).
12,928
Higher than 64% 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).
38,660
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
54
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting into the city is efficient, with a drive time of just 14 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy easy access to transit, with a typical 3-minute walk to the nearest stop.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
14
Lower than 90% 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 Riverview [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13385/riverview/topic/transport