1.7% ▼ -54.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Smiths Lake · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Smiths Lake
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Almost every home in Smiths Lake relies on a car to get around, with just 1.7% of households having no motor vehicle. This heavy reliance on driving is reflected in the local work patterns, where nearly 58% of people drive themselves to their jobs.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Cars are common here, with 42.7% of homes owning two vehicles and 39.6% owning one. Only 1.7% of households have no motor vehicle, which is well below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →Smiths Lake splits fairly evenly between 2 vehicles (42%) and 1 vehicle (39%), with 3 vehicles at 12%.
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Driving is the primary way to get to work, while 16.8% of people work from home. No one uses public transport to commute, a figure well below the Australian average of 3.1%.
16.8% ▲ +129.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 14 public transport stops and 3 bus routes serving the area, giving Smiths Lake a much higher number of stops per person than most similar areas. However, weekly departures are far below the New South Wales average.
14
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
10.51
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).
122.4
Higher than 71% 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 nearby transport stop is quick, with a typical walk of just 2 minutes, which is much lower than most areas.
2
Lower than 86% 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 Smiths Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13579/smiths-lake/topic/transport