3.0% ▲ +41.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Skennars Head · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Skennars Head
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car reliance has remained a staple of life in Skennars Head, where 97% of homes now own at least one motor vehicle. While public transport infrastructure exists, it is rarely used for the daily commute, and most residents rely on private cars to get around.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Very few households are without a car, with only 3% having none, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 9.2%. The most common setup is two vehicles per home, seen in 39.7% of households.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Skennars Head splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (40%) and 1 vehicle (35%), with 3 vehicles at 15%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Not a single person uses public transport to get to work, which is well below the national figure of 3.1%. Most people drive themselves to work, while 18% work from home, which is far below the state average of 31%.
18.0% ▲ +181.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 18 public transport stops in the area, which is far more than the New South Wales average per person. However, this doesn't translate to frequent service, as weekly departures per person are far below the state figure.
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.
13.81
Higher than 89% 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).
328.5
Higher than 75% 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).
3
Higher than 79% 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.
Getting to a stop can take some time, with a typical 23-minute walk to the nearest one, which is longer than in most similar areas.
23
Higher than 61% 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 Skennars Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13569/skennars-head/topic/transport