3.2% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Ruse · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ruse
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few homes in Ruse go without a car, with only 3.2% of households lacking a motor vehicle. Most residents rely on their own transport for daily travel, although a notable 23.6% of the workforce now operates from home.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are very common here, as 41.4% of homes have two vehicles and only 3.2% have none. This lack of car-free households is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Ruse, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 42%, followed by 1 vehicle (32%) and 3 vehicles (16%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 46.7% of people. While 23.6% work from home, only 1.5% use public transport, which is a little below the state and national figures.
23.6% ▲ +1104.5%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 23.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -78.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
Ruse has 18 public transport stops and two routes, both of which are higher than in most similar areas. However, these are all bus services, and the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure.
18
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.
3.20
Higher than 70% 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).
780.2
Higher than 84% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
16,729
Lower than 53% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to a nearby stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 4 minutes. The drive time to the city is 41 minutes, which is lower than in most other areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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.
41
Lower than 67% 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 Ruse [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13458/ruse/topic/transport