Sassafras · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Sassafras

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

A total lack of public transport services marks the daily commute in Sassafras, where there are no stops or routes available. This creates a stark contrast to the rest of New South Wales, leaving residents almost entirely reliant on private vehicles to get around.

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📍 Sassafras, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

The most common motor vehicles per home is 2 vehicles at 64%, ahead of 1 vehicle (27%).

Motor vehicles per home

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In Sassafras, 2 vehicles is the majority at 70%; 1 vehicle is next at 30%.

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 31%, ahead of Walked (31%).

How people get to work

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Sassafras splits fairly evenly between Car (driver) (36%) and Walked (36%), with Worked at home at 27%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are zero public transport stops and routes in the area. This means the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figure of 1,313.6.

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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).

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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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

Travel is dominated by long distances, with the drive time to the city sitting among the highest for similar areas at 172 minutes.

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Higher than 94% 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

  • 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 Sassafras [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13508/sassafras/topic/transport