3.7% ▼ -40.9%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Rylstone · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Rylstone
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
A 43-minute walk to the nearest stop is common for Rylstone residents, as the area is heavily reliant on private cars. While most households own at least one vehicle, public transport is almost never used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Only 3.7% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is well below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Most households are well equipped, with 33.4% owning two cars and 12.5% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Rylstone splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (35%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with 3 vehicles at 16%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
No one here commutes by public transport, and the 14.0% who work from home is well below the national figure. Driving is the primary choice, with 57.0% of workers travelling to work as the driver.
14.0% ▲ +116.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.8%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 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 4 public transport stops and 7 routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, the 35.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure.
4
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
4.42
Higher than 75% 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).
35.4
Higher than 61% 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).
7
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.
Getting around without a car is difficult, as the typical walk to the nearest stop takes 43 minutes, which is much higher than in most areas.
43
Higher than 75% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Rylstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13472/rylstone/topic/transport