1.0% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.2%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Silverdale · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Silverdale
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Silverdale relies on a car to get around, with only 1.0% of households lacking a motor vehicle. This heavy dependence on driving is mirrored in the way people travel for work, as the vast majority use cars or work from home. While there are many bus stops in the area, they provide very little connectivity to other parts of the region.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Car ownership is very high here, with 86.3% of homes owning three or more vehicles. Only 1.0% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Silverdale, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 40%, followed by 4 or more (25%) and 3 vehicles (22%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Over half of workers drive themselves to work, while 24.6% work from home, a figure well above the national average. Very few people use public transport for their commute, at just 0.2%.
24.6% ▲ +447.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.2% ▼ -77.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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.
Despite having 41 public transport stops—among the largest number for areas like this—the service is limited. Weekly departures per 1,000 people are far below the New South Wales figure, and zero people can reach other areas within 45 minutes using transit.
41
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
9.02
Higher than 87% 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).
377.3
Higher than 76% 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).
0
Lower than 99% 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.
Living here involves a 56-minute drive to the city, which is around the middle for similar areas. The typical walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 13 minutes.
13
Higher than 50% 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.
56
Lower 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)).
- 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 Silverdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13559/silverdale/topic/transport