8.3% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Shoal Bay · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Shoal Bay
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
More people are walking to public transport in Shoal Bay, where the nearest stop is just a one-minute walk for most. While cars remain the main way to get around, the area has a higher number of transport stops than most similar places.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 51.5% of homes have one motor vehicle, and 8.3% have none. This lack of a car is much higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Shoal Bay, 1 vehicle is the majority at 52%; 2 vehicles is next at 30%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Half of the workforce drives to work, while 17.5% work from home, which is well below the national figure. Only 1.5% use public transport, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the state average.
17.5% ▲ +338.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 17.5%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
1.5% ▼ -50.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.5%
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.
With 13 stops and four routes, Shoal Bay has more transport infrastructure than 84% of similar areas. However, the number of weekly departures per 1,000 people is well below the New South Wales figure.
13
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
7.16
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).
898.1
Higher than 86% 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).
4
Higher than 82% 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 stop is much shorter than in most areas, taking only one minute. Conversely, the drive time to the city is much higher than in most similar places, taking 141 minutes.
1
Lower than 99% 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.
141
Higher than 88% 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 Shoal Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13554/shoal-bay/topic/transport