0.9% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shell Cove · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Shell Cove
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Working from home has become far more common in Shell Cove, with 28.5% of people now doing so. This shift is part of a broader trend toward car reliance in the area, where almost every home owns at least one vehicle.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high, with 47% of homes owning two vehicles and only 0.9% of households having none. This is well below the 9.2% of New South Wales homes without a car.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Shell Cove, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 47%, followed by 1 vehicle (25%) and 3 vehicles (17%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the main way to get to work for 50.4% of people. While 28.5% work from home—well above the national figure—only 0.3% use public transport for their commute.
28.5% ▲ +655.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.3% ▼ -69.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 is served by 18 bus stops across two routes, which is more than most similar areas. However, there are far fewer weekly departures per person than the New South Wales average.
18
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.
2.37
Higher than 67% 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).
262.2
Higher than 74% 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.
It takes about 82 minutes to drive to the city from here. Walking to the nearest transport stop takes 27 minutes, which is longer than in most similar areas.
27
Higher than 64% 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.
82
Higher than 58% 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 Shell Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13547/shell-cove/topic/transport