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.
Roughit · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Roughit
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Very few areas are as car-dependent as Roughit, where not a single home is without a motor vehicle. This reliance on private transport is a defining feature of the area, making it stand out among similar places in the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every home in Roughit has at least one vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2% for homes without one. Many households have multiple cars, with 29% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Roughit splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 4 or more (35%), with 1 vehicle at 27%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Getting to work is almost exclusively done by car, with 60.3% of people driving and 6.9% walking. Only 10.3% of the workforce works from home, which is far below the Australian figure of 21%.
10.3% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 10.3%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport routes or stops in the area. This lack of infrastructure means weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure of 1,314.
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 to the city is a long trip for residents, with a typical drive time of 130 minutes. This is much higher than most other similar areas.
130
Higher than 86% 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).
More for Roughit
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Roughit [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13439/roughit/topic/transport