6.7% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rutherford · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rutherford
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over 63% of people in Rutherford drive themselves to work, making the car the dominant way to get around. While the area has a high number of transport stops, very few people actually use public transit for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Most homes have one or two cars, and 6.7% of households have no motor vehicle. This is much higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rutherford splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (37%) and 1 vehicle (37%), with 3 vehicles at 13%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across Australia, at just 10.8%. Similarly, only 0.7% of workers use public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
10.8% ▲ +627.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.7% ▼ -56.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.7%
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.
Rutherford has 123 stops and 9 routes, which is among the largest for an area of this size. This gives it 9.4 stops per 1,000 people, a figure far above the New South Wales average.
123
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.40
Higher than 87% 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).
1,088.2
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).
9
Higher than 86% 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.
Residents can reach the nearest stop in just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. However, the drive time to the city is 113 minutes, much higher than most similar places.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
113
Higher than 77% 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 Rutherford
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rutherford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13464/rutherford/topic/transport