0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Saddleback Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Saddleback Mountain
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More than half of all homes in Saddleback Mountain have two motor vehicles, making car ownership a central part of life here. With no public transport available, residents rely almost entirely on private cars or working from home to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the state and national figures. Most households are well-equipped, with 56% owning two vehicles and 16% owning four or more.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Saddleback Mountain, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 48%, followed by 3 vehicles (21%) and 1 vehicle (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
About 20.7% of people work from home, which is about the same as the national figure. For those who travel, the vast majority drive, with 55.2% as the driver and 13.8% walking to work.
20.7% —
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 20.7%
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 stops or routes in the area. This means weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average of 1,313.6 per 1,000 people.
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.
Access to the city is limited, with a typical drive time of 91 minutes. It is also a very long walk to the nearest transport stop, taking 54 minutes, which is much higher than most areas.
54
Higher than 82% 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.
91
Higher than 63% 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).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Saddleback Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13475/saddleback-mountain/topic/transport