2.8% ▼ -37.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seaforth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seaforth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Over half of the working population in Seaforth now works from home, a figure far above the national average. This preference for home-based work is mirrored by a high level of car ownership and a very short walk to nearby public transport stops.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households go without a car here, with only 2.8% having no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure. Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seaforth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (14%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is the dominant choice for 55.3% of residents, a rate far above the Australian average. Only 1.9% of the workforce commutes using public transport, which is a little below the national figure.
55.3% ▲ +624.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.9% ▼ -88.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 a very high level of service, with 6.5 public transport stops per 1,000 people and 2,117.7 weekly departures, far above the state average. All public transport options in the area are buses.
48
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
6.50
Higher than 84% 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).
2,117.7
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).
10
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
34,495
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 30 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning — a measure of how well-connected the area is (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
74,116
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
How many people live within 45 minutes of the area by public transport + walking on a weekday morning (computed with R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network).
58
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Public-transport + walking time, in minutes, from the area to its capital city centre on a weekday morning (R5 over the GTFS schedules + OpenStreetMap network). Blank where no scheduled service connects the area to the city.
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting to the city by car takes only 13 minutes, which is much lower than most areas. Residents also enjoy a very short walk to the nearest stop, typically taking only 2 minutes.
2
Lower than 86% 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.
13
Lower than 91% 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)).
- Transit accessibility (GTFS + OpenStreetMap, via R5) — State transport agencies & OpenStreetMap contributors, 2026 (ODbL 1.0 + CC BY).
- 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 Seaforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13524/seaforth/topic/transport