3.1% ▼ -34.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Seelands · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Seelands
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
High levels of vehicle ownership define Seelands, where very few homes go without a car. While the area has more transit stops per person than most similar places, these services are rarely used for commuting.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are essential here, with 64.1% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Only 3.1% of households have no motor vehicle, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Seelands, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 39%, followed by 4 or more (21%) and 1 vehicle (19%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, with 65.7% of residents being the driver. No one uses public transport for their commute, and the 13.7% who work from home is far below the state figure of 31.0%.
13.7% ▲ +86.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 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.
There are 7.98 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 5.27. However, the 53.2 weekly departures per 1,000 people is far below the state average.
3
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.98
Higher than 86% 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).
53.2
Higher than 63% 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.
The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 4 minutes, which is lower than in most similar areas.
4
Lower than 71% 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 Seelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13530/seelands/topic/transport