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.
Saumarez · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Saumarez
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Saumarez owns a car, making it one of the most vehicle-dependent areas for its level. While the area has more public transport stops per person than the state average, very few people actually use these services to get to work.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Not a single home in Saumarez is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure. Most households are well-equipped, with 58.1% owning two vehicles and 19.4% owning three.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Saumarez, 2 vehicles is the majority at 67%; 3 vehicles is next at 22%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 60% of residents, while 25.7% work from home. This working-from-home rate is well above the Australian figure, though it remains well below the New South Wales average.
25.7% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 25.7%
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.
The area has 13.16 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, there is only one bus route, and weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the state average.
1
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
13.16
Higher than 89% 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).
250.0
Higher than 74% 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).
1
Higher than 71% 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.
Residents typically spend 19 minutes walking to the nearest public transport stop, a time that is around the middle for similar areas.
19
Higher than 58% 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 Saumarez [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13509/saumarez/topic/transport