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.
Ruthven · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Ruthven
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Every single home in Ruthven has at least one motor vehicle, making it far more car-dependent than the state and national averages. While public transport options are available, the area relies heavily on private cars for daily travel and work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, as 0% of homes are without a vehicle. Most households own multiple cars, with 30% having two and 26.7% having three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Ruthven splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (38%) and 3 vehicles (33%), with 1 vehicle at 17%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 63% of residents. Only 13% work from home, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 31%.
13.0% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 13.0%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Ruthven has 26.32 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the 394.7 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state figure.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
26.32
Higher than 96% 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).
394.7
Higher than 76% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 10 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
10
Lower than 54% 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.
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 Ruthven
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Ruthven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13465/ruthven/topic/transport