0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shadforth · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Shadforth
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every household in Shadforth owns a car, making it a highly vehicle-dependent area compared to state and national norms. While public transport options exist, the vast majority of residents rely on their own cars or work from home to get through the day.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Every single home in the area has at least one motor vehicle, which is well below the 7.4% of Australian households that have none. Over half of all homes own two or more vehicles.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Shadforth, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 45%, followed by 3 vehicles (24%) and 4 or more (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work for 54.7% of residents. Another 26.4% work from home, a figure that is well above the national average of 21.0%.
26.4% ▲ +92.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 26.4%
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.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are 28.85 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the New South Wales figure. However, the 615.4 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.
28.85
Higher than 97% 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).
615.4
Higher than 80% 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).
2
Higher than 75% 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 typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 16 minutes, which is around the middle for similar areas.
16
Higher than 54% 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 Shadforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13536/shadforth/topic/transport