Skillion Flat · Suburb / Locality

Transport & Vehicles in Skillion Flat

How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.

More people own cars in Skillion Flat than in most similar areas, with every single home owning at least one vehicle. While the area has a high number of transit stops for its size, almost everyone relies on a private car to get to work.

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📍 Skillion Flat, Suburb / Locality

Vehicles

Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.

No home in Skillion Flat is without a motor vehicle, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 9.2%. Half of all households own two cars, and over 23% have four or more.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 12.5%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.

Motor vehicles per home

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In Skillion Flat, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 4 or more (23%) and 3 vehicles (17%).

Getting to work

How people travel to work.

Car travel is the primary way to get to work, while only 10.8% of people work from home. This is far below the national figure of 21%. No one in the area commutes using public transport.

10.8% —

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 23.3%
  • 2021: 10.8%

Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.

0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 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.

How people get to work

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In Skillion Flat, Car (driver) is the majority at 77%; Worked at home is next at 13%.

Public transport access

Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.

There are 32.26 public transport stops per 1,000 people, which is far above the state average. However, the weekly number of departures is far below the New South Wales figure, and all services are buses.

32.26

Higher than 99% 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).

268.8

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).

Getting around

Walking distance to transport and driving time to the city.

The walk to the nearest public transport stop takes about 40 minutes, which is higher than in most similar areas.

40

Higher than 74% 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 Skillion Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13570/skillion-flat/topic/transport