Seahampton · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Seahampton

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

Far fewer people live without a car in Seahampton than is typical across the state. Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, making the community highly dependent on private transport. This reliance is reflected in how residents travel, with the vast majority using cars for their daily commute.

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📍 Seahampton, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

Every household here owns a car, which is well below the 9.2% of New South Wales homes that have none. Most families have multiple vehicles, with 34.6% owning two and 22.4% owning three.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Seahampton, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 37%, followed by 1 vehicle (30%) and 3 vehicles (24%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Driving is the dominant way to get to work, as 59.7% of workers are drivers and no one uses public transport. Only 13.2% of people work from home, a figure far below the 31% seen across New South Wales.

13.2% ▲ +424.5%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.5%
  • 2016: 6.0%
  • 2021: 13.2%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Seahampton, Car (driver) is the majority at 76%; Worked at home is next at 17%.

Public transport access

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

While there are more stops per 1,000 people here than in the state average, the number of weekly departures is far below the New South Wales figure. All public transport in the area is provided by two bus routes.

6.85

Higher than 85% 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).

712.3

Higher than 82% 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.

It takes 95 minutes to drive to the city, which is longer than most areas. The walk to the nearest transport stop takes about 11 minutes, putting Seahampton around the middle for its level.

11

Lower than 53% 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.

95

Higher than 66% 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 Seahampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13526/seahampton/topic/transport