6.0% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Sofala · Suburb / Locality
Transport & Vehicles in Sofala
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Car ownership patterns have shifted in Sofala, where most homes now rely on private vehicles. This rural area has no public transport services, making personal transport essential for residents. About 46% of homes here have two motor vehicles.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
Nearly half of all homes have two vehicles, while 6% of households have no motor vehicle. This lack of car ownership is much higher than in most other areas, though it remains a little below the national figure of 7.4%.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Sofala, the largest group is 2 vehicles at 50%, followed by 1 vehicle (28%) and 3 vehicles (9%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
The most common how people get to work is Car (driver) at 39%, ahead of Worked at home (22%).
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
There are no public transport stops or routes in Sofala. This means the number of weekly departures and stops per 1,000 people is far below the New South Wales figures.
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
0.00
Lower 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).
0.0
Lower than 99% 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).
0
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
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)).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Sofala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13585/sofala/topic/transport