Rockley Mount · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Rockley Mount

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

Almost every home in Rockley Mount owns a car, making it a highly vehicle-dependent area compared to the state and national figures. With no public transport available, residents rely heavily on private travel or working from home to stay connected.

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Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every single home in the area owns at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales and national rates for carless households. More than half of homes have two vehicles, while 26.9% own four or more.

0.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Rockley Mount, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 41%, followed by 3 vehicles (29%) and 4 or more (21%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 28.3% of residents doing so, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with the fact that 0% of the workforce uses public transport to get to work.

28.3%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 15.0%
  • 2021: 28.3%

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 Rockley Mount, Car (driver) is the majority at 62%; Worked at home is next at 31%.

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, leaving residents far below the New South Wales average for transit access.

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting to the city is a significant journey, with a drive time of 165 minutes, which is among the highest for similar areas.

165

Higher than 93% 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 Rockley Mount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13396/rockley-mount/topic/transport