1.4% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Salt Ash · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Salt Ash
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few places at this level have as much public transport infrastructure as Salt Ash, though the area remains heavily reliant on cars. Most homes here own multiple vehicles, and very few residents use the local transport network for their daily commute.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 77.1% of homes owning two or more vehicles. Only 1.4% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Salt Ash, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 34%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 1 vehicle (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 56.8% of residents. While 16.6% work from home, this is far below the state figure of 31.0%, and only 1.1% of people use public transport to commute.
16.6% ▲ +151.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.1% ▲ +79.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.6%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
The area has 32 public transport stops and 5 routes, which is more than 88% of similar areas. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far above the state figure, though all services are bus-based.
32
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.
29.01
Higher than 97% 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).
2,109.7
Higher than 92% 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).
5
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 can take time, as the walk to the nearest stop is longer than in most areas, taking about 30 minutes. The drive time to the city is also among the highest at this level, reaching 180 minutes.
30
Higher than 67% 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.
180
Higher than 95% 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 Salt Ash [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13482/salt-ash/topic/transport