13.6% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shalvey · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Shalvey
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Much higher rates of car-free living than most similar areas define Shalvey, where 13.6% of homes have no motor vehicle. This is well above the national figure of 7.4%. While many residents rely on cars, the area is served by a high density of public transport options.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 13.6% of homes here have no motor vehicle, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. For those who do own cars, the most common setup is a single vehicle, found in 37.9% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Shalvey splits fairly evenly between 1 vehicle (38%) and 2 vehicles (33%), with No vehicle at 14%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is far less common here than across New South Wales, with only 16.6% doing so. Half of the workforce drives themselves to work, while 1.6% use public transport, a figure that is a little below the national average.
16.6% ▲ +1555.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.6% ▼ -70.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 number of public transport stops and routes compared to similar places, with 19 stops serving the community. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are among the highest at this level, well above the state figure.
19
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
5.50
Higher than 79% 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).
1,806.1
Higher than 91% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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).
63,005
Higher than 70% 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).
Getting around
Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.
Getting around is relatively easy, with a very short 3-minute walk to the nearest stop, which is much lower than most areas. The drive time to the city is 36 minutes, lower than in most similar places.
3
Lower than 79% 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.
36
Lower than 70% 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 Shalvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13538/shalvey/topic/transport