Rose Valley · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Rose Valley

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

Car ownership has remained a necessity in Rose Valley, where every single home now owns at least one motor vehicle. This reliance on cars is clear, as the area has no public transport stops and a long commute to the city.

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📍 Rose Valley, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No home in Rose Valley is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households have two cars (40.6%), while 21.9% own four or more.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Rose Valley, 2 vehicles is the majority at 54%; 4 or more is next at 29%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Working from home is common here, with 26.0% of people doing so, which is well above the Australian figure. Other than this, 62.0% of workers drive to their jobs.

26.0%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 26.7%
  • 2021: 26.0%

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 Rose Valley, Car (driver) is the majority at 66%; Worked at home is next at 28%.

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 means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Getting around is difficult without a car, as the walk to the nearest stop takes 52 minutes. This is much higher than most areas, and the drive to the city takes 93 minutes.

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.

93

Higher than 65% 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 Rose Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13413/rose-valley/topic/transport